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How a Survivor of Sex Trafficking Made It Her Life’s Mission to Protect Victims and Educate Others
Tina Frundt’s story is one of survival. When she was 13 years old and living in Chicago, she met a man, who was about 15 years older than she was, while she was on her way to a store. The man, known as “Tiger,” basically groomed Frundt by befriending her and showering her with gifts.…
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BET Said to Fire Exec With Breast Cancer
Longtime President Stephen Hill Also Out Anecdotally, Lewis Led Way for Black Journalists Tang Leaving N.Y. Times Editorial Board for ACLU Journalists Weigh What to Say About Missing Girls Polgreen Wants ‘Empathy Journalism’ at HuffPost Almost 50 Years Ago, the News Industry Was Called Out on Race. How Should That Be Commemorated? “BET announced the…
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The Danger of Forcing the ‘Runaway’ Label on the Missing DC Girls
Double-digit numbers of young black and Latinx girls in the nation’s capital are missing and, as expected, there has yet to be a national outcry. Instead, within the past week, Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and other social media outlets are now focused on emphatically underscoring the message that social media distorted the stories and…
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#MissingDCGirls Finally Caught People’s Attention, but How Do You Bring Them Home?
On March 12, 2017, I wrote about the number of black and Latino teens who have gone missing in the Washington, D.C., area since February. At the time, 10 teens, including one young man, were missing. The Metropolitan (D.C.) Police Department reported that a few had been found, but there were still missing cases open.…
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Does Anyone Care About DC’s Missing Black and Latinx Teens?
Updated Monday, March 13, 2017, 2:04 p.m. EDT: Updated Monday, March 13, 2017 7 a.m. EDT: Earlier: Over the last week, my timeline on Twitter has been inundated with retweets from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., with photos of missing black and Latinx teens. Within the last week, 10 teens have gone missing…