by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 8, 2023 | Feature-, News
There were an estimated 50 million people around the world in conditions of forced labor and forced marriage in 2021, according to a report published in late May by Walk Free Foundation. Walk Free defines modern slavery as “situations of exploitation that a person...
by Pam Strickland | Dec 9, 2020 | Opinion
This week we celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the momentous document created in the aftermath of World War II. The United Nations included this statement as Article 4 of the declaration: “No one shall...
by Sue Smith | Jul 30, 2020 | Opinion
Juana* (name changed) was barely 17 when she came to the United States. She was invited to live with her cousin’s family and to help care for her three young children while the parents were at work, in exchange for room and board. Her cousin and cousin’s husband would...
by Pam Strickland | Jul 29, 2020 | Opinion
The United States led the world in the fight against human trafficking. But that was 20 years ago. In 2000, the United States Congress passed the bipartisan-supported Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) – the global gold standard for legislation that defined...
by Nell Green | Jul 28, 2020 | Opinion
Some of the everyday words we use have racist connotations. That was the focus of a July 7 article published by CNN, which asked readers to consider changing their vocabulary. I don’t disagree, except for one problem: Masters and slaves still exist. We still need the...
