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A Girl Like Rachel Lloyd

Jane Wells | Posted 06.05.2011

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Jane Wells

We've all seen scantily clad girls: on the street, on the Internet, in ads for "gentlemen's" clubs. Bodies and faces that conjure a myriad of responses: lust, fear, curiosity, perhaps even contempt, but rarely the most appropriate one: trafficking victim.

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Underage Prostitution in New York City

Tasha Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tasha Mitchell

Very Young Girls (2007) documents the lives of underage prostitutes, as young as 12, residing in NYC. Looking for a "daddy" or someone to "love" them, these very young callgirls turned to pimps.

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Sex for Sale: Legalized Prostitution Hurts Human Trafficking Victims

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

Whether or not anyone would willingly choose to prostitute themselves is a separate debate. To the extent that legitimized prostitution increases the demand for human trafficking, a contemporary form of slavery, it must be condemned.

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Child Sex Trafficking and The Politics of Pimping

Phillip Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Phillip Martin

244,000. That's the number of young Americans under the age of 16 believed to be at risk of child sexual exploitation that includes prostitution and...

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Nail Salons and Human Trafficking

Phillip Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Phillip Martin

In recent years, law enforcement officials nationwide have reported increases in human trafficking. By some estimates there are around 20,000 victims brought into the United States each year.

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Good Men & Teen Prostitution

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tom Matlack

The more I try to look closely at what it means to be a good man in America the more I come back to role of sex in our culture.

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What 'Pimpin' Means And Why It Caused A Celebrity Twitter Feud

Rachel Lloyd | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Lloyd

In the media coverage of the Twitter feud between Demi Moore and Kim Kardashian over the term 'pimpin', the media has left out any real analysis of Demi's point that pimps are modern-day slave-owners.

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New U.S. Stamps to Honor America's Pimps

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark C. Miller

Bishop Don "Magic" Juan, excited about being on one of the new stamps. The U.S. Postal Service will be issuing a series of five commemorative stamps...

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Pimp Chic

Jill Di Donato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jill Di Donato

Does pimp chic imply that pimping is chic? And if mainstream culture accepts pimp chic, does that mean that it's ready to expand the rights of sex-workers and notions of sexual freedom?

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Rangel Deletes "Hard Out Here For a Pimp" Ringtone

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Borowitz

Aides to the congressman said he would take additional steps in the next several days to rehabilitate his image, including changing his "MACDADY#1" vanity license plate.

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Let Me See You Work Them Eggs

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jilly Gagnon

I told you not to lie to me about your family's history of kidney disease! Why you gotta play me that way? Probably have a history of cardiac incidents at a young age, too, huh?

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Falling for the Far Right's ACORN Agenda

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pimps, George Stephanopoulos, Prostitutes, Hannah Giles, James O'keefe, Acorn, Acorn Scandal, The Daily Show, Politics News
Eric Alterman

In this brave new world of anything goes journalism, many in the media have taken up a recent scandal, and the videos it produced, as incontrovertible evidence of ACORN corruption.

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