Awareness
January 31, 2022 End Slavery Now Spotlight
The Relationship Between Porn and Human Trafficking
Some people may believe that the porn they watch online is two consenting adults performing consensual sexual activities–but that’s less true than most people believe.
January 23, 2022 End Slavery Now Story
Intersections of Human Trafficking
Gender based violence, immigration/ migration, race, and workers' rights are just some of the problems that intersect with Human Trafficking.
January 16, 2022 End Slavery Now Infographic
Recognizing Human Trafficking
Let’s get one thing out of the way: Human Trafficking happens everywhere. In every country. In every community.
January 10, 2022 End Slavery Now Spotlight
Trafficking is a Hidden Crime
Human Trafficking is a hidden crime. What do we mean by that?
December 06, 2021 End Slavery Now Opinion
Cleaning Your Slavery Footprint
November 02, 2021 End Slavery Now Spotlight
The Importance of Teaching Kids Online Safety
August 05, 2021 Laura T. Murphy Story
In Search of Freedomville
In a tiny speck of a village in Uttar Pradesh, India, a community of rock quarry miners have given their cluster of thatched roofed houses the name Azad Nagar. Freedomville. The miners named their village in 2000, only a few months after they staged a slave revolt that overthrew the profit-driven landowners who had held their families in slavery in rock quarries for generations. If you search for Azad Nagar on a map, you won’t find it. To everyone else, it’s called Sonbarsa. Located in the poorest province in one of the poorest countries in the world, Sonbarsa is a barren, rocky, plot of land in the middle of one of the most densely populated states in the world.
October 21, 2020 Earl Lewis Spotlight
Ending the Third Slavery
In 2016, Dr. Earl Lewis convened a meeting on slavery among 40 principle collaborators—scholars, organizations, and instiutions—at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Out of this meeting came the "Slavery and Its Aftermath" initiative at the Center for Social Solutions. This project aims to tackle America’s original sin—slavery.
October 09, 2020 End Slavery Now Spotlight
More Harm Than Good: Online Rumors and the Fight Against Modern-Day Enslavement
During the summer of 2020 rumors about human trafficking spread on social media like wildfire. They implicated celebrities like Tom Hanks and Ellen DeGeneres, as well as the online home-goods retailer Wayfair. These rumors are unfounded.
