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May 2011 Blog Posts (80)

Oklahoma Sex Trafficking Survivor Shares Her Story

Emily Baucum, News On 6

BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma -- Oklahoma is the crossroads of the nation, making it a prime trade route for sex trafficking.

3/24/2011 Related Story: Truckers Aim To Stop Sex Trafficking In Oklahoma

More than one million American children are involved in the sex industry.

One of them, a survivor of sex trafficking, shared her story at the NSU Campus in Broken Arrow Wednesday night as part of a two day conference sponsored by OATH, or… Continue

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Child trafficking: Damian Green cannot shun these desperate youngsters Any society that plays host to such a trade stands disgraced

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Spousal Rape: A Woman's Secret Shame Spousal Rape Occurs Much More Often Than You Think

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Seasonal affective disorder

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as winter… Continue

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Baltimore: a tale of two different realities

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Dosed in juvie jail: Drug firms pay state-hired doctors

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Trafficked children condemned to a nightmare by state neglect

Many victims of child trafficking in the UK remain unknown, as police resources allocated to the crime are shrinking. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian…

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Hundreds of trafficked children are disappearing from the care system Government and social services departments are accused of failing to protect victims

Mark Townsend

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Outraged By Cuts, Superintendent Asks Gov. Snyder To Convert Schools Into Prisons To Get More Funding

By Zaid Jilani…

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Free Kelsey's Mom

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Florida Pushes To Leave Women "Barefoot and Pregnant"

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Carrying Each Others Pain

by MaryAnn DeLoe Lubas

"It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for…

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Prevent future Jordan Miles incidents! Support Police Accountability Bill #2010-0234 Justice for Jordan Miles

Bill 2010-0234 WILL IMPROVE COMMUNITY-POLICE RELATIONS

Support the ‘Police Reporting and Accountability Bill’ #2010-0234

Sign the Online Petition – Download a printable petition on this page

In 2010, Ricky Burgess, Ninth District City Council member introduced legislation, Bill #2010-0234 (… Continue

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May 28th Emergency Protest: The People’s Indictment of the 3 cops that beat Jordan Miles Justice for Jordan Miles

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Protect IP Act will give Attorney General powers to sue any website

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Partial Victory - State to Redraw Construction Plans for Youth Jail

by Shernay Williams

AFRO Staff Writer

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Plans for a controversial youth… Continue

Added by Darcy Delaproser on May 27, 2011 at 2:48pm — No Comments

When should a teenager be tried as an adult?

Michael Barrett

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When Teresa Shirley learned that her 17-year-old daughter had come to blows with a female classmate at North Gaston High… Continue

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Kids in the Big House

Oregon Finally Changes Law That Puts Teens in Adult Jails

by Sarah Mirk

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Jajuana Calloway On Losing Her 14-Year-Old to a 30-Year Prison Sentence

At the age of 14 my son was sentenced to 30-years in prison without the possibility of parole.

My boy, Christopher, was convicted and sentenced under a set of laws… Continue

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