by Annick Febrey | Mar 22, 2021 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
The final episode of CNN’s 6-episode series, “Lincoln: Divided We Stand” aired on Sunday. As a labor rights advocate for over fifteen years, what struck me in the first few episodes was how Lincoln claimed to be against slavery for moral reasons, but for a majority of...
by Annick Febrey | Feb 15, 2021 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
We commemorated two notable anniversaries in our collective fight against human trafficking in 2020: The 20th anniversary of the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act (the law that sets the U.S. federal response to human trafficking), and the 20th anniversary of the...
by Rachel Geissler | Feb 4, 2020 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: RACHEL GEISSLER In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed the Louisiana coast with Category 3 winds and a record-breaking storm surge.1 Images of the breached levees of New Orleans and the catastrophic flooding of its low-lying wards are now etched into the...
by Lillian Agbeyegbe | Sep 18, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: LILLIAN AGBEYEGBE More than two million people go to work each day to make sure the homes of others function across the United States.1 They work as nannies, cleaners, and caregivers for loved ones.2 Their services are not luxuries; rather, they are vital...
by Taylor King | Jul 22, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
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 Chicago suburb, nestled in the stretch of America now known for its rust and decay, had just begun to glisten with...
