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Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have surged to $236 billion annually, with sexual exploitation responsible for three-fourths of the earnings. The International Labor Organization has ...

Is compulsory unpaid labor essential “therapy” or unjust exploitation? This question was on my mind when I interviewed 40 people who had been required to work, without pay, for the Salvation Army’s ...

Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of ...

We examined the injustices of prison labor nationwide — and lay the foundation for a more equitable path forward. Our nation incarcerates more than 1.2 million people in state and federal prisons, and ...

Mariana Ruenes has been working since she was 17 years old to end modern-day slavery. Now, her Mexico City-based organization partners with the private sector, helping businesses in key industries ...

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FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — A Foley restaurant is one of five establishments involved in a labor exploitation investigation that originated in Arizona, according to the Department of Justice. Foley woman ...

For some of the world’s poorest people, BRICS — originally Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — is becoming a Trojan horse for Moscow’s war machine.

The relationship between Mexico and the United States has been a rough ride since the origins of their borders. Up until the 1800s natives from the Yaqui, Apache, and Navajo tribes were free to roam ...