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Human trafficking in the United States

A worker wearing a yellow safety hat inspects disposable blue gloves at a factory.

US human trafficking report elicits anger from several countries

Human rights

The Biden administration’s first comprehensive annual review of modern slavery is causing shockwaves around the world.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar urges Senate to take up a bill renewing the Violence Against Women Act at a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, on May 22, 2019. 

Activists argue the US doesn’t do enough to protect domestic workers. Can an international hearing change that?

Two women walk with their hands clasped together as they're surrounded by a crowd of reporters

How sex traffickers use modeling contracts to lure young women

Sexual violence
Campesinos working in Tlalquiltenango, Morelos, Mexico. 

Why food insecurity is a global farmworker issue

Stopping Human Trafficking on the Home Front

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