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If This Isn’t Slavery, What Is?
If This Isn’t Slavery, What Is?
Barack Obama’s presidency marks a triumph over the legacy of slavery, so it would be particularly meaningful if he led a new abolitionist movement against 21st-century slavery - like the trafficking of girls into brothels.
Anyone who thinks it is hyperbole to describe sex trafficking as slavery should look at the ( Read more... ) -
The Evil Behind the Smiles
The Evil Behind the Smiles
By Nicholas D. Kristof
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
Western men who visit red-light districts in poor countries often find themselves surrounded by coquettish teenage girls laughingly tugging them toward the brothels. The men assume that the girls are there voluntarily, and in some cases they are right.
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The World's Oldest Profession is Okey-Dokey!
San Francisco’s Prostitutes Support a Proposition
SAN FRANCISCO - When Proposition K was added to Tuesday’s ballot, many people likely snickered at the possibility that San Francisco might take its place alongside such prostitute-friendly havens as Amsterdam and a few rural counties in nearby Nevada.
But this week, it became readily apparent that ( Read more... )
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