human trafficking
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Tyler Perry Wants to Leave a Legacy by Building a Shelter for Trafficked Women and Girls, Homeless Women and Displaced LGBTQ Youth
With the recent grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios, Tyler Perry’s legacy is pretty much cemented. However, making a difference in Hollywood is not the only way Perry wants to pay it forward. In a recent interview with Gayle King on CBS This Morning, Perry revealed another big dream of his. “You know, the studio’s…
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Texas Couple Who Held Girl as a 'Slave' for 16 Years Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
Twenty years ago, Texas couple Mohamed Toure and Denise Cros-Toure found a young girl from their native Guinea to care for their youngest son. In January of 2000, happy with her work, they flew her to their family residence in Southlake, Texas, to continue her work. She did not speak English, and the couple did…
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Remains of 2-Year-Old Noelani Robinson Believed Found in Southern Minnesota, Authorities Say
After the capture of her father Dariaz Higgins, 34, a nationwide search for two-year-old Noelani Robinson was launched by the FBI. Officials say the child was caught between the worlds of street violence and human trafficking, accord to the Journal Sentinel. Friday night, authorities believe Noelani’s remains were found in Southern Minnesota, according to Steele…
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After Surviving R. Kelly, What Now? How About Trusting Survivors and Dismantling Systemic Misogynoir?
Three nights of television recently rocked the black community—surprising, since they detailed approximately three decades of well-known allegations of predation, exploitation and abuse by R&B artist R. Kelly. But if Lifetime’s record-breaking documentary Surviving R. Kelly finally put a human face onto the collective trauma so many women involved with the entertainer claimed to be…
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White Restaurant Manager Pleads Guilty to Enslaving Mentally Disabled Black Man
The manager of a South Carolina restaurant has pleaded guilty to one federal count of forced labor, admitting to using violence and threats in order to force a mentally disabled black man to work for grueling hours without pay. According to the Post and Courier, 53-year-old Bobby Paul Edwards, who once managed J&J Cafeteria in…
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The Face of Resilience: Beauty Brands Come Together In Support of Human Trafficking Survivors
“Beauty is an inside job.” We can hear it said a million times. We can genuinely believe the statement. And yet the desire for external attractiveness remains paramount, both within our society and across cultures. The importance placed upon aesthetics may be due, in large part, to the fact that one’s assessment of one’s own…
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Watch: Traffik Tackles the Ugly Issue of Human Slavery
Would you be able to recognize the signs if someone were silently pleading for your help? Would you be able to recognize a victim of human trafficking if you saw one? Would you be able to spring into action to help save her life as well as the lives of other women who might also…
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Either Donald Trump Doesn’t Know Slavery Existed or He Doesn’t Think Black People Are Human Beings
It takes a real man to stand up and admit when he is wrong, so I’d like to take this opportunity and apologize for every time I’ve called Donald Trump a racist idiot. I was wrong. Now I understand that when he talks about Mexicans streaming over the border, either he is invoking white supremacist…
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Sex Trafficking and the Super Bowl: There’s More at Play Sunday Than Just Football
On Sunday, when the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots meet for the Super Bowl, the spotlight in Minneapolis will be on more than the gridiron clash at U.S. Bank Stadium. Minnesota is the 13th top child trafficking and sex trafficking state in the country, and this poses a problem with the presence of…
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Asian Woman Says Federal Agents Harassed Her After Mistaking Her for Human Trafficking Victim
An Asian woman is saying she was made to feel more like a criminal after federal agents detained her after allegedly mistaking her for a human trafficking victim. According to WXIA-TV, Stephanie Ung and her friend, both from the metro Atlanta area, were flying back from Cancún, Mexico, trying to make it home in time…