Sexual Slavery Survivor on the Oprah Winfrey Show -Tuesday December 1, 2009
Long Pross, a human trafficking survivor who was sold into sexual slavery at the age of 13, will be featured on the Oprah Winfrey show on Tuesday December 1st. According to the Somaly Mam F...
PRWeb via Yahoo! News,
Tue Dec 01 07:17:00 PST 2009
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Douglass Descendants Declare War on Human Trafficking - Modern-Day Slavery
ATLANTA, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Slavery exists today and it is time to educate ourselves about the brutal exploitation people in our own communities are experiencing."
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News,
Tue Dec 01 03:00:00 PST 2009
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Retired agent says slavery cases bothered him more than others
The case of the Long Island millionaires who kept slaves in their basement still bothers Peter J. Smith.
The Buffalo News,
Mon Nov 30 04:57:12 PST 2009
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Zulus kill bull, whites lobby for slavery
White South Africans have welcomed a traditional Zulu bull-killing ritual, saying that it opens the door for them to celebrate their own outdated but enjoyable cultural traditions, such as ...
Independent Online,
Mon Nov 30 21:25:55 PST 2009
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White slavery victim recounts ordeal in UAE
MANILA - A victim of white slavery in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently returned to Manila along with 8 other distressed overseas Filipinos.
ABS-CBNNEWS.com,
Sat Nov 28 03:39:58 PST 2009
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CNN anchor speaks to Edina students
Edina High School students got a visit last Friday from a national anchor for CNN Headline News. He wasn't there to report on anything. Rather, he spoke to students about the investigative ...
Edina Sun-Current,
Tue Dec 01 00:05:32 PST 2009
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Todays fanatic, tomorrow's saint | Rebecca Solnit
raid on Harper's Ferry , Thoreau went to jail, in a quiet, half-comic way, to protest slavery and the US's territorial war on Mexico. I'm writing this the evening before the global day of c...
MalaysiaNews.net,
Mon Nov 30 06:08:11 PST 2009
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Child prostitutes not receiving needed help, experts say
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Boulder Weekly,
Mon Nov 30 08:51:05 PST 2009
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New Jersey Law Seeks to Protect 'Mail-Order Brides'
A new law in New Jersey seeks to protect foreign-born women who come to work as nannies or so-called "mail-order brides.''
1010 WINS New York,
Tue Dec 01 11:38:48 PST 2009
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N.J. law aims to protect foreign-born women from human trafficking
John O'Boyle/The Star-LedgerA file photo of Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula (D-Somerset).TRENTON -- A new law in New Jersey seeks to protect foreign-born women who come to work as nannies or ...
The Star-Ledger,
Tue Dec 01 10:27:00 PST 2009
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Black slavery
PP slides looking at life of black slaves working on Southern plantations in the USA in the mid 19th century.
Times Education Supplement,
Sun Nov 29 12:46:34 PST 2009
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Review | Century Cycle gets off to a strong start with 'Gem of the Ocean'
Playwright August Wilson didn't get to write enough. That may be an odd observation about a double Pulitzer Prize winner who left behind a major cycle of related plays, most of them lengthy...
Miami Herald,
Tue Dec 01 09:19:40 PST 2009
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Monday, November 30, 2009
A frank and revealing interview with Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, a sad tale of murder from the days of slavery, and the discovery that the Lucayans were not the peaceful people we alway...
The Nassau Guardian,
Mon Nov 30 00:19:54 PST 2009
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Newport man was editor, abolitionist
William Shreve Bailey, an abolitionist, editor and proprietor of several antislavery newspapers, was the son of John and Rebekah Shreve Bailey. He married Caroline A. Withnall in Wheeling, ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer,
Tue Dec 01 07:08:36 PST 2009
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Valerie Tarico: Like Alcohol, Religion Disinhibits Violence, Doesn't Cause It
Religions elicit peak experiences like mystic euphoria, submission, love and joy. They also elicit protective reactions like anger and fear, the emotions most likely to underlie violence.
The Huffington Post,
Tue Dec 01 09:00:25 PST 2009
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Robert J. Elisberg: Some Revolutions are Revolting
And so it came to pass that the far-right wing of the Republican Party (AKA, the Republican Party) came forth unto the land with teabags...
The Huffington Post,
Tue Dec 01 08:15:55 PST 2009
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Top Scoops
The passage of the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Bill this week is a disaster for anyone concerned about a safer, more humane and just society. It represents nothin...
Scoop.co.nz,
Sun Nov 29 17:49:44 PST 2009
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Say Yes to the Mess
** 1/2 The Yes Men Fix the World Written and directed by Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano. (NR) For almost a decade the Yes Men, operating under the noms de guerre Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bo...
Fairfield County Weekly,
Tue Dec 01 10:54:34 PST 2009
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Carol Smaldino: Reflections On The Holidays: Are We Old Enough to Share
Freedom cannot exist within the sport of public displays of hate for anyone who disagrees with us while our political scene drowns out the dignity of information and debate, of collaboratio...
The Huffington Post,
Tue Dec 01 06:15:36 PST 2009
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