China has been indulging in its “zero-COVID” mission since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, leading towns and cities to abrupt lockdowns despite rare numbers of positive cases. Africans living...
On the same day that two journalists were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their dedicated efforts in pushing press freedoms under authoritarian governments and dictatorial leaders, China re-emphasized...
Years ago, the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement initiated a program to help victims of child trafficking. Though the survivors in the first cohort were no longer children, many were trafficked at such...
When Boom Mosby first began the HUG Project in 2011, aimed at helping children who had been sex trafficked, she said it stood out: Few non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, specifically targeted anti-trafficking...
What is human trafficking?
The legal definition of human trafficking varies among state, federal and international laws. But human trafficking is generally defined as any crime that involves...
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Twenty years ago, Natasha Nelson was horrified...
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The red flags started for Allison Weber even before she started work with Exodus Road. At a supper in Thailand with...
Hongkongers, especially those in Generation Z, are wondering -- and are worried -- about how the victory by President-elect Joe Biden will affect their future.
Young adults in Hong Kong believe...
While cases of police abuse in the U.S. have received national attention and sparked outrage around the world, cases in other countries, such as Colombia, get little traction in English language news...
As fears of the coronavirus fade, the routines of normal life are returning to cities and towns in China -- not just in the big cities, like Beijing and Shanghai, but the smaller places too.
Take...
Life in China has returned to normal. But it took measures by a strong central government that probably would not work in many democratic countries, where politicians must be careful not to offend voters...
