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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 ...

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 ...

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.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced an expansion of the U.S. visa restrictions policy Tuesday targeting forced labor practices associated with Cuba’s labor export program. The new policy applies ...

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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 ...

What happens when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rescues 14 children from labor exploitation and exposure to sex offenders in marijuana fields? Surely, this would be a moment for mental ...