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Arizona Voters Pass Measure Mandating Life Sentences for Child Sex Traffickers
A new law sends “a clear message that Arizona will not tolerate child sex trafficking.” But will it effectively deter the crime?
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UN Approves “Study” on Effects of Nuclear War
The real question is: Why study a topic with a conclusion well known to almost every person on Earth?
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Persecution of the Unification Church in Japan Is an Attack on All Religious Freedom
Spurred by a religious “deprogrammer”—code word for bigoted brainwasher—Japan’s attacks make millions wonder: Why does the government have any role in religion at all?
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Philly Sex Trafficking Operation Fed the Drug Addiction of Its Victims, Police Say
Preying on vulnerable young women, Terrance Jones’ arrest exposes the brutality and misery of sex trafficking.
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Federal Agencies Find New Ways to Evade FOIA Requirements
FOIA is intended to assure government transparency, but it seems government doesn’t like that at all—and is endlessly creative in evading disclosures.
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Nation’s Criminal Justice System Is Broken and Needs Reform, Americans Agree
The key is self-respect, according to the writings of L. Ron Hubbard, who saw firsthand how criminals are formed and developed his own methods of rehabilitation instead of wholesale incarceration.
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US Sex Trafficking Rate Doubles to Highest Ever
Sex trafficking has exploded in the US, with a crime rate some 1,000 times greater than in 2009. It is now the second fastest-growing crime in the world.
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The Horror of Bikini Atoll: Generations Lost to Nuclear Radiation
A UN human rights report details how 67 US nuclear bomb detonations in the Marshall Islands brought untold suffering and death—that continues to the present day.
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Sex Trafficking Stings Nationwide Snare Hundreds of Arrests, Rescue Victims
Law enforcement reminds men that buying sex is not a “victimless crime,” but one that harms the most vulnerable members of society, who are often enslaved.
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Convicted Trafficking Ring Leaders Used McDonald’s as a Pretext for Slavery
An English outpost of the burger chain is the unwitting enabler of a profitable racket run by a gang of Czech criminals, trapping victims into turning over their income—and their freedom.
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Hate Crimes Continue to Plague US, With Major Surge in Anti-Jewish Crime Most Notable
While law enforcement and advocates look for solutions, victims of hate crimes are more common than ever—and more scared.
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The Misery of Sex Trafficking in Cambodia—“Finding Home” Documentary Sheds Light on Painful Reality
Western activists play a pivotal role in rescuing and rehabilitating women and girls from the thriving sex trafficking industry in Cambodia.
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Unreported Casualties
We see the staggering numbers, and yet somehow they don’t shock us nearly as much as they should.
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Baltimore’s Dilemma
There was nothing about Freddie Gray that was considered particularly remarkable before his life was cut woefully short at 25 this past spring…