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Stronger Labor Laws Could Combat Human Trafficking
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Stronger Labor Laws Could Combat Human Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Author Melissa Hope Ditmore suggests that current political attention on human trafficking is performative rather than practical. In her new book, she makes the case for enforcing and expanding labor laws.  There’s an ugly truth about what powers the United States economy, says Melissa Hope Ditmore. Our economic system depends on exploited labor and forced…

Editorial: Yes, human trafficking happens in our community; let's be vigilant
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Editorial: Yes, human trafficking happens in our community; let's be vigilant

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Editor’s note: January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. This editorial contains information originally published in 2021 and also earlier this month. The interstate that cuts through Tyler and other cities in the region has brought economic development, easy access to Louisiana to the east and Dallas to the west and likely innumerable other benefits….

Focus at Four: Unbound BCS fighting human trafficking in the Brazos Valley – KBTX
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Focus at Four: Unbound BCS fighting human trafficking in the Brazos Valley – KBTX

ByEyes on Trafficking News

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. It’s a time for people, communities, and organizations to join in efforts to raise awareness and help combat all forms of human trafficking. Each year, more than 313,000 people are victims of human trafficking in Texas, according to a study by the Institute on…

UT Tyler Professor Presents Health Care Framework to WHO at United Nations
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UT Tyler Professor Presents Health Care Framework to WHO at United Nations

ByEyes on Trafficking News

  Cathy Miller, PhD, RN, professor of nursing at The University of Texas at Tyler, presented her research on human trafficking to the World Health Organization at the United Nations in New York. The UT Tyler professor is part of a team spearheading the UN’s Global Strategic Operatives for the Eradication of Human Trafficking Initiative….

‘I’m fighting for my life’: Inside Alabama’s prisons during ongoing labor strike
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‘I’m fighting for my life’: Inside Alabama’s prisons during ongoing labor strike

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Inside Alabama’s prisons, men and women are refusing to go to work. Now, on day four of a prison labor strike that has garnered national attention, incarcerated people are living on two cold meals a day. The Alabama Department of Corrections switched to this “holiday meal schedule” — serving only breakfast and dinner — on…

Austin Independent School District Leads Nation in Technology-Enabled Child Safety Programs
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Austin Independent School District Leads Nation in Technology-Enabled Child Safety Programs

ByBilly Joe Cain

Innovative Interactive Child Safety Program Raises Funds To Support Pilot School AUSTIN, Texas – Aug. 5, 2018 – PRLog — Who teaches children about the dangers of meeting a stranger online? Recognizing an unhealthy relationship? Can they recognize or avoid sex trafficking? McCallum High School, in the Austin Independent School District, is Piloting a program to answer those questions. In Texas alone,…

NCMEC Parent CONNECT Child Safety Discussion series: Gaming & Live Streaming
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NCMEC Parent CONNECT Child Safety Discussion series: Gaming & Live Streaming

ByBilly Joe Cain

Find out who is gaming, what are the risks to children and teens, safety strategies and reporting options.