Women’s Rights From A Different Angle
A great deal of attention has been paid to women’s rights as it pertains to the workplace. There certainly is much to be said for that. But what about a woman’s right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? I was deeply disturbed, as no doubt...
New PBS Series: The Abolitionists
The story of how abolitionist allies William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation. PBS will be...
Global Slavery Is On The Rise
150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, buying and selling people into forced labor is bigger than ever. Slavery–“the total control of one person by another or the purpose of economic exploitation”—is a global epidemic, driven by the...
Human Trafficking & the Prostitution Myth
The Prostitution Myth Exposed Prostitution is an issue that has been greatly misunderstood over the years by most people. This is why I refer to the “prostitution myth.” The classical conventional wisdom is that prostitutes sell their bodies for sex...
Mimi Chakarova’s Defining Moment
Opening Eyes and Changing Minds The human trafficking epidemic is something that most of us have very little understanding of. We read an article or see a news clip, and our curiosity is piqued. Then we watch a movie like “Trade” or read a book like “Not For Sale,”...May We Recommend…
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