by Larrin R. Robertson | Jan 13, 2023 | Opinion
America’s Declaration of Independence is a political document written to dissolve England’s ruling relationship over its 13 colonies in America. As the authors of America’s declaration believed independence to be an entitlement corresponding with “the Laws of Nature...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 12, 2023 | Opinion
Robert Gregory Bowers walked into L’Simcha Congregation (Tree of Life synagogue) in Pittsburg, on October 27, 2018, and shot unarmed worshippers. Eleven died and seven (including the gunman) were injured. One need not be a Jew to recognize Bowers as a terrorist. On...
by Valerie Carter Smith | Jan 6, 2023 | Opinion
I begrudgingly left home in the dark on Christmas Eve because I had made a promise to a very lonely woman that she would not have to spend Christmas alone. Two years prior, at 1:00 am on a Friday night, we met Gail during our street outreach to women. On the night of...
by Jennifer Allmon | Jan 5, 2023 | Opinion
Human trafficking is big business. The United Nation’s International Labor Organization estimates that human trafficking generates $150.2 billion in profit annually. This modern-day slavery happens in many ways, sometimes hidden in plain sight. People are forced into...
by Pam Strickland | Jan 4, 2023 | Opinion
Sex trafficking operates on a market system. Where there is demand for commercial sex, traffickers capitalize on the opportunity to make an astronomical profit and supply that demand with human bodies for consumption. To a trafficker, commodification of a person is...
