By Karen Stauss, Director of Programs, Free the Slaves Published on February 2, 2013 in the Huffington Post Blog The brick kilns of Uttar Pradesh, India, are more than 7,000 miles from Capitol Hill in Washington. But for years, they have been linked by a groundbreaking piece of...

By Jessica Prois Published on February 2, 2013 in HuffPost Impact Margaret Howard became a victim of domestic human trafficking at 13 years old, when she ran away from home and was later picked up on a southern Illinois interstate amid passing motorists -- then drugged and held...

By Emily Cadei, CQ Roll Call Published on February 1, 2013 in CQ Roll Call Lawmakers and activists are gearing up for another push to pass popular legislation reauthorizing U.S. programs to combat human trafficking, which stalled in the last Congress. The same roadblocks —...

By Anna Hall, President, Grinnell College Chapter, Free the Slaves Published on January 29, 2013 in the Newton Daily News The following guest commentary was written in recognition of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Twenty-seven million. That is...

By Margaret Howard Published on January 21, 2013 in the St. Louis Beacon As the nation marks, this month, the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, my hope is that our elected leaders and all Americans will take action to end...

By Mary C. Ellison, Director of Policy for Polaris Project Published on January 18, 2013 in the Huffington Post Blog Women and girls trapped in brothels. Men forced to work long hours under harsh conditions for minimal or no pay, unable to leave due to huge debts and threats to...

By Holly Burkhalter, International Justice Mission Published on January 17, 2013 in The Hill Congress Blog The original act is one of the great human rights measures in our era, and made trafficking eradication a domestic and foreign policy priority. As it should be. The U.S....

By Greg Asbed, Co-founder of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Published on January 17, 2013 in the Huffington Post Blog Twenty years ago, Laura Germino and I left the dusty streets of Immokalee, Florida, and headed north, bound for the Justice Department in Washington, DC. We...

By Ima Matul, a survivor organizer with the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) Published on January 17, 2013 in CNN Freedom Project You might not know that January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. You might not even know why we need...

By Jesse Eaves, Senior Policy Adviser for Child Protection, World Vision Published on January 15, 2013 in CNN Freedom Project Simean knew something was wrong when her 15-year-old younger sister Savoeun failed to show up at the factory where they both worked. With both...