Story

A story is a narrative, or account, of events that happened in the past or that are being related by a narrator. Stories can be fictional or based on real events, and they can take many different forms, including written stories, oral stories, and visual stories (such as comics or movies). Stories can be used to entertain, educate, or inspire, and they are an important part of many cultures and traditions. Some common elements of a story include characters, setting, plot, and conflict.

Is Jim Caviezel’s Sound of Freedom based on a true story? Explained
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Is Jim Caviezel’s Sound of Freedom based on a true story? Explained

Sound of Freedom, the independent film starring Jim Caviezel as former federal agent Tim Ballard, has enjoyed considerable success since its premiere on Independence Day. Drawing in crowds to theatres nationwide, the film spotlights Ballard’s transition from law enforcement to anti-child trafficking activist. In its initial week, the film remarkably earned over $45 million, according…

Story from Blue Campaign: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is Sunday, July 30
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Story from Blue Campaign: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is Sunday, July 30

Do you know what human trafficking looks like? Myths and misconceptions make the crime difficult to spot. Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked worldwide – including right here in the United…

Timothy Plan’s proactive approach to combat human trafficking
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Timothy Plan’s proactive approach to combat human trafficking

Facebook is the No. 1 platform used by sex traffickers to recruit victims By Art Ally, Op-ed Contributor | Sunday, July 16, 2023 It is unfortunate that not enough attention has been paid to a worldwide scourge: kidnapping people and using them as slave labor or pressing them into sexual bondage. In an ongoing effort…

Hennen: It’s not human trafficking, it’s slavery
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Hennen: It’s not human trafficking, it’s slavery

There are more slaves today than at any other time in our history, even when slavery was legal. Did you know that? I didn’t until I saw the must-see movie of summer: “Sound of Freedom.” Movie reviews have been glowing: “It’s based on an incredible true story and it shines a light on the darkest…

Responding to Sound of Freedom: Hollywood Needs to Center Survivors and Their Voices – Polaris
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Responding to Sound of Freedom: Hollywood Needs to Center Survivors and Their Voices – Polaris

Named after the North Star, an historical symbol of freedom, Polaris leads a survivor-centered, data-informed, and justice and equity-driven movement to end human trafficking. Since 2007, Polaris has operated the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, connecting victims and survivors to support and services, and helping communities hold traffickers accountable. Eliminating human trafficking is a challenge…

DOJ Removes ‘International Sex Trafficking of Minors’ From Areas of Concern
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DOJ Removes ‘International Sex Trafficking of Minors’ From Areas of Concern

OAN’s Taylor Tinsley 2:10 PM – Wednesday, July 12, 2023 The Justice Department has made changes to what it considers are areas of concern. The DOJ made recent modifications to its website under the section that listed the department’s subject areas of concern regarding ‘‘Child Sex Trafficking’.” “International Sex Trafficking of Minors,” “Domestic Sex Trafficking of…

Human trafficking victim hid in Houston airport bathrooms for 10 days after evading her captors
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Human trafficking victim hid in Houston airport bathrooms for 10 days after evading her captors

Monica Phillips, security and information for Houston Airports, spotted several indicators that led to identifying the victim traveling from Lubbock.  HOUSTON — A veteran aviation worker who is trained on what to look for when it comes to human trafficking spotted several red flags that led to the rescue of a victim at Bush Intercontinental…

Dave Hannigan: Ritual abuse in locker room puts American college football beyond the pale
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Dave Hannigan: Ritual abuse in locker room puts American college football beyond the pale

A rookie making a mistake in training or during a game for the Northwestern University Wildcats was punished with “running”. Not actual laps; this was just the code name given to something involving eight or 10 senior players donning Purge masks, pinning the neophyte down in the locker room and then “dry-humping” him as the…

Fight for Freedom: Tomoka Christian Church holds human trafficking awareness event | Observer Local News
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Fight for Freedom: Tomoka Christian Church holds human trafficking awareness event | Observer Local News

A mock tattoo parlor drew people into the walk-through experience, highlighting who is at risk of human trafficking. As viewers moved further into the exhibition, dimly lit boys’ and girls’ bedrooms were visible. A table with surgical instruments — alluding to illegal organ harvesting — and 90 photos of the faces of missing children completed…

Human-trafficking film ‘Sound of Freedom’ trashed by liberal outlets as ‘QAnon-adjacent’
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Human-trafficking film ‘Sound of Freedom’ trashed by liberal outlets as ‘QAnon-adjacent’

Editor’s note: this is a look at how American media culture is relating to the movie. Multiple liberal outlets have trashed the new film “Sound of Freedom” as “QAnon-adjacent” and “fit for QAnon” in recent days, descriptions that relegate the film about human trafficking to fodder for conspiracy theorists. Both U.K. publication The Guardian and…