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Week of Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Enslaved in Palo Alto

A domestic worker from Kenya has accused her employer -- a prominent African journalist -- of human trafficking

Unhappy Hookers: Supervisor Carmen Chu Meets Anti-Harlotry Crusader Melissa Farley Today

Lucky for them, Texas ain't in Carmen Chu's jurisdictionPetite, understated, and measured Supervisor Carmen Chu isn't the first person one might choose to face off against crowds of angry hookers. But after months of chaperoning controversial legislation that tightens the City's reigns on massage pa ... More >>

"Wonderland"

Lucky for them, Texas ain't in Carmen Chu's jurisdictionPetite, understated, and measured Supervisor Carmen Chu isn't the first person one might choose to face off against crowds of angry hookers. But after months of chaperoning controversial legislation that tightens the City's reigns on massage pa ... More >>

"Wonderland"

Lucky for them, Texas ain't in Carmen Chu's jurisdictionPetite, understated, and measured Supervisor Carmen Chu isn't the first person one might choose to face off against crowds of angry hookers. But after months of chaperoning controversial legislation that tightens the City's reigns on massage pa ... More >>

Super Bowl Was Yet Another Chance for Bogus Numbers

Lucky for them, Texas ain't in Carmen Chu's jurisdictionPetite, understated, and measured Supervisor Carmen Chu isn't the first person one might choose to face off against crowds of angry hookers. But after months of chaperoning controversial legislation that tightens the City's reigns on massage pa ... More >>

Women's Funding Network Sex Trafficking Study Is Junk Science

Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media.

Wall of Shame

CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled.

Human Trafficking: Campaign Aims to Get More Victims to Come Forward

SPF 15 - for protection from UV rays and from human trafficking in one.​The nonprofit that counsels women who have been arrested for prostitution in San Francisco and the Mexican Consulate have launched a new campaign to seriously crack down on human trafficking. Obviously, the goal is to get more ... More >>

Mexican Consulate's Campaign Against Trafficking Nets Two Cases

The campaign is bringing in the calls, just not ones reporting trafficking. ​The Mexican Consulate has fielded hundreds of calls in the first two months of its campaign against human trafficking, but only two so far have yielded actual allegations of sex and labor trafficking. One was of a minor w ... More >>

Underage Sex Trafficking: What the Real Numbers Show

Real Men Don't Buy Girls​Despite what news reports have been saying, the underage prostitution industry isn't exactly as pervasive as it seems. The science behind data showing there's as many as 300,000 child prostitutes has never truly been challenged -- until now. Village Voice Media recently sp ... More >>

CNN's Amber Lyon Leads the Media's Paranoia Over Underage Sex Trafficking

Stuck in traffic ​Last week, Village Voice Media challenged the science behind data that says the underage prostitution industry is growing. We called media outlets out on relying on bogus arguments and junk science to stoke fear and panic about underage sex trafficking.Don't get us wrong, we admi ... More >>

Support SB 596: Bill Would Fund Shelter and Counseling for Child Prostitutes

Stuck in traffic ​Last week, Village Voice Media challenged the science behind data that says the underage prostitution industry is growing. We called media outlets out on relying on bogus arguments and junk science to stoke fear and panic about underage sex trafficking.Don't get us wrong, we admi ... More >>

Massage Pallor: S.F. Anti-Prostitution Squad Faces End

Stuck in traffic ​Last week, Village Voice Media challenged the science behind data that says the underage prostitution industry is growing. We called media outlets out on relying on bogus arguments and junk science to stoke fear and panic about underage sex trafficking.Don't get us wrong, we admi ... More >>

The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax

Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend.