Songs of a War Child
For five years, young Emmanuel Jal fought as a child soldier in the Sudan. Rescued by an aid worker, he’s become an international hip-hop star and an activist for kids in war zones.
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Mike Daisey was a worshipper in the cult of Mac. Then he saw some photos taken by workers at an iPhone factory. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to China to find out.
The affluence of the Western lifestyles of the “99 percent” in the U.S. and Europe depend on the plunder of other places and other peoples. Occupy’s vision for world revolution will only catch on in the global South once the movement begins to challenge inequality between nations as much as within them.
Women are more likely than men to lose their lives and livelihoods—and get trafficked—after natural disasters, UN reports in Durban. But they could also be the key to climate resilience.
The Al Jazeera debate on the roots of modern slavery and how to end it for good.
The U.S. State Department publishes an annual report rating countries on their efforts to combat global human trafficking. But is the U.S. really in a position to judge?
For five years, young Emmanuel Jal fought as a child soldier in the Sudan. Rescued by an aid worker, he’s become an international hip-hop star and an activist for kids in war zones.
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100 million more girls worldwide will become child brides in the next decade. How we can give them a chance.
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The Congo is flush with gold, rubber, coltan, and other raw materials that form the luxuries of the Western world. Yet all these riches have bought its people is the greatest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century.
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This week, Congress will vote on three free trade agreements that are predicted to kill jobs and solidify corporate power. It’s our turn to have a say in how we trade.
continue readingThis week, Congress will vote on three free trade agreements that are predicted to kill jobs and solidify corporate power. It’s our turn to have a say in how we trade.
Since its inception, the War on Drugs has cost millions of dollars and thousands of lives through violence and trafficking. The civilians caught in the crossfire say it’s time for change.
100 million more girls worldwide will become child brides in the next decade. How we can give them a chance.
Last week, anti-trafficking crusader Ashton Kutcher bungled an opportunity to show America how everyday sexual attitudes toward women encourage exploitation. It’s time for good men to buck up and speak out about what respect really means.
Every year, tens of thousands of West Africans migrate to Europe in search of a better life—a search that leads far too many Nigerian women to the sex trade of Southern Italy, where voodoo is sometimes used to keep them there.
The Congo is flush with gold, rubber, coltan, and other raw materials that form the luxuries of the Western world. Yet all these riches have bought its people is the greatest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century.
There are more African American men in prison or on probation or parole today than in slavery in 1850. Why real justice means fewer prisons.
For five years, young Emmanuel Jal fought as a child soldier in the Sudan. Rescued by an aid worker, he’s become an international hip-hop star and an activist for kids in war zones.
Will recent advances in human tissue preservation change the way we think about bodies, death, God… and China?
Years after the border sweeps and brothel raids rescue girls from the Indian sex trade, former child bride Shanta Sapkota carries on some of the hardest work when it comes to fighting sex trafficking—bringing Nepal’s lost daughters back to life.