by Doug Bardwell | Apr 6, 2021 | Things To Do
This NBC report tells their wonderful, brave story like none I’ve seen Thanks to NBC News for this feature by Jake Whitman, Cynthia McFadden and Rich Schapiro. I’ve known for years that Catholic nuns are some of the most ardent fighters against human trafficking, but...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 23, 2021 | Be Aware
I recently read another case of high-ranking government officials not understanding the words they are using. I wrote about this almost two years ago, in “Human trafficking is not human smuggling” But, I suppose it bears repeating, especially when words...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 16, 2021 | Things To Do
South Dakota According to this piece on the NPR website by Kirk Siegler, things are bad and getting worse when it comes to missing and murdered women and girls on Indian reservations. After the lose of a friend’s 19-year-old daughter on the Rosebud reservation...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 8, 2021 | Things To Do
Forty-five of the United States have legislation to provide legal help to those victims forced to break the law by their trafficking captors. Four more states at least offer affirmative defense possibilities for their trafficking victims. Virginia stands...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 3, 2021 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
Sure, everybody knows why people by the millions go to restrooms in Pennsylvania. What they don’t know is what they might be seeing in the near future. In a move to provide help to human trafficking victims, PA State Representative Bob Merski is introducing...
