Prostitution

Nevada Brothel Aims To Offer First Male Prostitutes

AP | KEN RITTER | Posted 12.14.2009 | Style


LAS VEGAS — The owner of a brothel more than two hours' drive from Las Vegas said she hopes to hire Nevada's first legal male prostitutes within...

Judge Blocks Government's Move To Cut ACORN Funding

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 12.12.2009 | Politics


NEW YORK — The U.S. government's move this fall to cut off funding to ACORN was unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday, handing the emba...

Tiger Woods Must Die!

Mark Morford | Posted 12.11.2009 | Sports


Mark Morford

Woods is now in the midst of nothing less than a classic, time-honored pattern that just might be one of our nation's finest, most insidious inventions of all time.

It's Not Just Tiger: Monogamous Marriage Is An Anomaly

Jay Michaelson | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living


Jay Michaelson

The modern institution of marriage, so ardently fought-over by activists across the country, is a historical anomaly that has never taken seriously in the past, and is unlikely to work in the future.

Prostitutes Offer Free Climate Summit Sex In Copenhagen

Spiegel | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green


Copenhagen's city council in conjunction with Lord Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard sent postcards out to 160 Copenhagen hotels urging COP15 guests and delegate...

Kevin Provencher, New Hampshire Sports Reporter, Faces Prostitution, Witness-Intimidation Charges

AP | Posted 12.04.2009 | Sports


SALEM, Mass. — A sports reporter accused of running a prostitution business in Massachusetts is facing seven new charges, including a witness-in...

The Rehabilitation of Eliot Spitzer

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York


Marcia G. Yerman

As Chris Matthews repeatedly called him "governor," I wondered what the exact protocol was for retaining your title even after you have resigned in disgrace.

The Whore Wars

David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.02.2009 | Books


David Henry Sterry

If this book helps people see that men and women who have sex for money are mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, I will be happy. If it shines a compassionate light into the sex ghetto, it'll be worth all the slings and arrows.

Call-Girls and Courtesans: Getting An Education in 2009 and 1570

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living


Lapham's Quarterly

For more on historical whores, please visit www.laphamsquarterly.org. 2009: Bestselling author and call-girl Belle du Jour, whose web diary about the...

Brooke Magnanti, Anonymous Blogger, Revealed: British Scientist Is Belle De Jour, Former Prostitute

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books


LONDON — A British scientist says she is Belle de Jour, the anonymous blogger whose accounts of life as a call girl were turned into books and a...

China Sees Syphilis Boom As Migrants Buy Prostitutes

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | World


GENEVA — China has seen a tenfold increase in syphilis cases over the past decade, as migrant workers made enough money in the country's economi...

TV Review: The Good Wife

Catie Lazarus | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment


Catie Lazarus

The Good Wife deftly hints at how even the most well meaning of us, men and women, aren't always well doing.

Susan Finkelstein Offered Sex For World Series Tickets On Craigslist

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York


Talk about taking one for the team. Police say that Susan Finkelstein was so desperate to see her beloved Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series t...

Child Prostitution Ring: 24 Arrested In Denver During Nationwide Raids

Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver


During a three-day FBI-led crack down on child prostitution nationwide, 27 people in the Denver area were arrested late last week and over the weekend...

Rhode Island Moves Closer To Banning Prostitution

David Segal | Posted 12.27.2009 | Politics


David Segal

Rhode Island is one of two states without blanket prostitution bans. It's only sanctioned in a few counties in Nevada, but in the Ocean State it's legal everywhere -- just not for much longer.

Semion Mogilevich: Powerful Mobster Was Added To FBI's Most Wanted List

CNN | Jeanne Meserve | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


NEWTOWN, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Semion Mogilevich may be the most powerful man you've never heard of. Mogilevich's alleged brutality, financial savvy ...

Paul Bergrin, Ex-Prosecutor, Sentenced For Running Brothel, Awaits Murder Trial

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A prosecutor-turned-defense lawyer won't go to jail for running a Manhattan brothel but remains behind bars as he awaits trial on cha...

Eugene Robinson: NJ City Councilman Set Up With Prostitute, Hadn't Had Sex Since 1989

AP | WAYNE PARRY | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York


ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The note inside the manila envelope said the accompanying DVD showed an Atlantic City Councilman having sex with an undera...

Costa Rica Sex Trade Thrives During Global Recession

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


The Miami Herald reports that the global recession has boosted Costa Rica's sex trade as more women from countries throughout Latin America travel to ...

Let Me See You Work Them Eggs

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 12.02.2009 | Comedy


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?

'Punternet': Britain Asks Schwarzenegger To Terminate Prostitute Review Site

Reuters | Posted 11.30.2009 | Technology


A British government minister asked California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday to shut down a U.S. website that allows men to rate prostit...

Acorn Loses Bank Of America As Corporate Partner

Wall Street Journal | JAMES R. HAGERTY | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics


Already facing the loss of federal government funding, the community-organizing group Acorn also has run afoul of one of its big corporate partners, B...

Grab N Go! Bikini Baristas' Lewd Behavior Leads To Arrests (VIDEO)

Posted 11.24.2009 | Style


Five women from the 'Grab-N-Go' espresso stand in Everett, Wash., now face prostitution charges. Watch below to see the undercover video: ...

Emma Thompson, Featured in Fatal Promises, Speaks Out on Human Trafficking

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment


Marcia G. Yerman

A new documentary examines the various facets of human trafficking. The film, four years in the making, follows the stories of five people -- three women and two men.

ACORN Employees Caught On Tape Advising Couple Posing As Prostitute, Pimp

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) - Two employees of the advocacy group ACORN are shown on a hidden-camera video released Monday, apparently advising a couple posing as a...