By: TAYLOR KING Who is responsible for atrocities like genocide? Who has jurisdiction to push back when human...
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Leaders in the Anti-Trafficking Community to be Appointed to Key Advisory Councils in the Executive Branch
By: TAYLOR KING The White House recently announced President Donald J. Trump’s intent to appoint 10 new members to two key anti-trafficking...
On This Day in History: Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labor Ratified
By: TAYLOR KING Nineteen years ago today – November 19, 2000 – The International Labour Organization (ILO) Ratified the Worst Forms of Child Labor...
On This Day in History: Uganda Passed the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act
By: TAYLOR KING Ten years ago today – October 23, 2009 – Uganda authorized their Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act (PTIP). This act...
On This Day in History: The Bill of Rights Passed in Congress
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,...
On This Day in History: The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Formed
By: TAYLOR KING In 1870’s America, the civil war is over. The state of Mississippi elected the first black American congressman to represent the...
On This Day in History: The Pullman Strike Ended
By: TAYLOR KING Puffs of smoke billow from a factory chimney in Pullman, Illinois, in 1893, filling the skyline with the hopes of progress. This...
On This Day in History: Juneteenth
“Every year, we must remind successive generations that this event triggered a series of events that one by one defines the challenges and...
On This Day in History: The Lincoln Memorial Was Dedicated
By: TAYLOR KING Crowds of tourists buzz with excitement. From their perch on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument’s shadowed...
TraffickingMatters.com Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
One year ago today – April 18, 2018 – the Institute launched TraffickingMatters.com, a first-of-its-kind global resource platform to combat human...
On This Day in History: African Americans Escape Portsmouth, Ohio in a “Black Friday” Exodus
By: TAYLOR KING On Friday, January 21, 1831, the newspaper columns of Ohio’s Portsmouth Courier prominently displayed a paragraph wrought with...
Global Human Trafficking Academy Cohort Tackles Fictional Live-Action Trafficking Case
“Throughout the next two weeks, you will be taking on your own human trafficking case. You will gather evidence, interview a human trafficking...