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U.S. cracks down on imported goods made by Uyghurs and other victims of forced labor
Image: A farmer picks cotton in Hami in northwest China’s Xinjiang Region on Oct. 9, 2020.Feature China / Barcroft Media …
The 3 things experts are watching to evaluate the Taliban
Image: Taliban fighters patrol the streets of Kabul on August 23. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images The biggest question since …
Human trafficking: UN chief calls for action as COVID leaves ‘many millions’ more vulnerable
Image: UNICEF/Marco Dormino, An eight-year-old girl hides her face at a UNICEF-supported centre in Haiti that provides temporary care and …
Malawi Struggles to End Sex Trafficking as Cases Rise
Image: AP COVID-19-driven economic and social difficulties in Malawi have caused an increase in sex trafficking in the southern African …
Southern Oregon investigators suspect human trafficking, forced labor at cannabis farm
The Josephine County Sheriff’s department raided a ranch in Southern Oregon’s Illinois Valley this week as part of an investigation …
How corporations buy—and sell—food made with prison labor
In 2011, Leprino Foods, the $3 billion company that supplies all the mozzarella to Papa John’s, Pizza Hut, and Domino’s …
Public Universities, Prison-Made Furniture
Office furniture at the University of Virginia is made in prisons. So is some of the furniture at George Mason University and the University of …
As Juneteenth marks the end of slavery, lawmakers turn their focus to forced prison labor
Days after the official nationwide abolition of slavery in December 1865, Alabama made it illegal for Black farm employees to sell …
County votes to stop using prison labor
Alachua County government will stick with its earlier decision to stop using prison labor for county work projects. Dozens of …
Made on the Inside, Worn on the Outside
In a lush valley surrounded by the Peruvian Andes — past two sets of security gates, high fences, barbed wire …