Slave Labor

Of Human Bondage: Slavery Bigger Than Ever in America

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The modern day slave trade nearly equals the illicit drug and arms sale trade. Captives work in plants, factories, farms, hotels and restaurants and in prostitution and sex rings.

President Obama Should See Child Slavery In Ghana

Pam Cope | Posted 07.18.2009 | World


Pam Cope

Next month, President Obama will make his first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa, traveling to Ghana -- a place where he can see first-hand the problem of child trafficking that now confronts so much of the world.

How To Spot A Lame, Lame Argument

Johann Hari | Posted 05.11.2009 | World


Johann Hari

The world is not divided into a Block of Light, and a Block of Darkness; you don't have to pick a tribe and defend its every action. Say it slowly: there can be more than one bad thing in the world.