Kutty’s story only begins with freedom
Saju Mathew of International Justice Mission writes: The first time I saw Kutty, he was shaking with fear. His face was haggard, and his eyes showed the toll years of forced labor had taken on him....
View ArticleLet your justice light shine!
You are the light of the world — like a city on a mountain, glowing in the night for all to see. Don’t hide your light under a basket! Instead, put it on a stand and let it shine for all. In the same...
View ArticleWhat you can’t say about slavery and racism
Walter Williams writes at creators.com: Jon Hubbard, a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, has a book, titled Letters To The Editor: Confessions Of A Frustrated Conservative....
View Article‘Human trafficking’ is slavery
J.J. Gould makes a compelling case for calling “human trafficking” what it is: slavery. Slaves pan for gold in Accra, Ghana. Many have children with them as they wade in water poisoned by mercury...
View ArticleeBay founder pours wealth into fight against trafficking
Brick factory workers in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley. (CC Thomas Kelly NC) Clare O’Connor writes at Forbes.com: Pierre Omidyar looked out over Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley this past February, scanning the...
View ArticleGet your hands dirty, the way Jesus dirtied his hands for you
Johnnie Moore’s Dirty God is a book every young adult you know should read — and more than a few of us not-so-young adults too. An excerpt: When you think about slavery or sex trafficking in these...
View ArticleRefuse to do nothing
Slavery is a stubborn oppression. Men and women who understand God’s heart for the poor and oppressed have fought slavery, at tremendous personal sacrifice, and won great victories, like William...
View ArticleToddlers among 149 freed from slavery at brick kiln in India
The CNN Freedom Project has worked for more than two years on the illegal yet widespread practice of bonded labor in India and now has published a story about the rescue of 149 slaves from a brick kiln...
View ArticleIf you knew, would you help me?
Yesterday, an estimated 27 million men, women and children suffered in slavery around the world — some as laborers, some as sex workers. Will you say, “Not today!” http://bit.ly/17iXnNg Filed under:...
View ArticleStudents ‘Stand for Freedom’
Ann Hardie writes for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: In January 2012, Dustin Hsu’s worldview forever changed after crossing paths with people from International Justice Mission, a human rights...
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