Florida researchers launch a new tool for human trafficking victims The platform was developed by USF researchers as part of its Trafficking in Persons - Risk to Resilience Lab, or TiP Lab. In 2023, the TiP Lab was named the main storehouse in Florida for data related ... 05/17/2024 - 5:32 am | View Link
Georgia’s top child human trafficking prosecutor speaks in Columbus on how to combat the issue The State of Georgia’s top child human trafficking prosecutor spoke to a downtown Columbus civic club Wednesday afternoon. Hannah Palmquist with the Georgia Attorney General’s Office spoke to the ... 05/15/2024 - 10:14 am | View Link
Human trafficking advocates insist exploited children shouldn’t be treated like criminals Turns out, that second kid is living in a version of human trafficking known as “forced criminality.” And, legally speaking, he, too, is committing crimes. While police and prosecutors can (and often ... 05/12/2024 - 10:01 am | View Link
Q&A: Researcher exposes child labor trafficking as a hidden crime after investigating 132 victims Children trafficked for their labor often work in public view in restaurants, laundromats, agricultural fields and water parks, but little has been known about their plight. 05/10/2024 - 5:50 am | View Link
Colorado voters in November will decide whether to make abortion a state constitutional right after the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced Friday that backers of a ballot initiative had gathered enough signatures.
Advocates for the measure turned in 159,930 valid signatures last month — more than enough to place the question on the ballot, according to the state agency.
The ballot measure, if approved by 55% of voters, would prohibit state and local governments from outlawing or impeding access to abortions.
President Biden drew a parallel on Friday between Donald Trump “and his MAGA Republican allies” and segregationists in the 1950s who tried to prevent Black and white Americans from going to school together.
Speaking to Black leaders gathered at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Biden described meeting with some of the nine people who faced racist jeers and abuse to attend Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957, three years after the Supreme Court ruled segregation in education was unconstitutional.
The shit hit the fan when Chaos Crew member Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett for wearing "false eyelashes," as if the Georgia Sasquatch has room to talk about anyone's appearance. Insults were lobbed back and forth, and Ocasio-Cortez demanded an apology from Klan Mom Marge.
That wasn't going to happen (narcissists never apologize unless they're desperate and it's rehearsed), but MTG did agree to have her words stricken from the record.
"Oh, girl," AOC said.