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Trump commits to return trafficked children after seeing Sound of Freedom
Former President Donald Trump announced a new campaign promise Friday after watching the movie Sound of Freedom.
"I will use Title 42 to end the child trafficking crises by returning all trafficked children to their families in their home countries and without delay," Trump announced in a video on Truth Social. "And I will urge Congress to ensure that anyone caught trafficking children across our border receives the death penalty immediately, and that includes women."
‘Woke’ Companies Benefit From Slavery
We would like to take the time at Rare today to highlight some of the woke companies out there that benefit from slave labor. Though these corporations are often the first to lecture Americans on social justice, their actions are directly contradictory to their publicly stated ‘liberal’ agenda.
UN slavery estimate raises question: Are 50 million people really enslaved today?
The 50 million figure today is one of the best estimates of modern slavery available and can prompt policymakers to take action. Without awareness of this crime, the problem cannot be solved.
Yet, moving forward, the public still needs more reliable, more valid and more transparent data. Science advances on the promise that data is freely available to enable others to replicate or improve the analysis.
How Modern Slavery Survives Across the World
"When you drink your coffee, you have your chocolate, when you're wearing your clothes, when you're watching the FIFA World Cup – all of that is connected to slavery."
Former BLM Activist Blasts SF Reparations Plan
A former Black Lives Matter activist has blasted San Francisco’s “unrealistic” reparations plan, saying it’s a way to “gaslight” black Americans — and accused lawmakers of being “more focused on slavery” than the homelessness plaguing the city.
Modern slavery shoots up by 10 million in five years
Modern slavery is a growing challenge thanks to a mix of armed conflict, climate change and the global pandemic, a new UN report says.
Economics in Brief: California Will Give Reparations to Descendants of Slaves
California’s reparations task force has voted 5-4 to only provide reparations to Black Californians who can prove their direct lineage to their enslaved ancestors, Cal Matters reports. The decision brings the state closer to becoming the first in the US to pay African Americans for the harms of slavery but the exact terms remain contentious, according to the Guardian. What kind of proof people need to document their lineage has not yet been decided.
California and Nevada May Ban Forced Prison Labor, Servitude
California and Nevada could ban involuntary servitude as lawmakers move toward potential ballot measures that would remove all forms of slavery from their state constitutions.
UN rights experts condemn attacks in UK on trafficking victims’ credibility
Demonising victims of trafficking and modern slavery, turns the public against them and legal methods for keeping them safe, leaving them vulnerable to extremist attacks, independent UN human rights experts warned today, urging the United Kingdom to step up its efforts to protect survivors.