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What About the Boys? The Sex Trafficking of Young Males

Jenifer McKim, NF ’08, and Phillip Martin, NF ’98, detail their groundbreaking series, ‘Unseen’

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Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.

Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like Cheetos and Fruit of the Loom.

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New Details Revealed On Visas Given To Victims Of Human Trafficking

Three years ago, while fact-checking what we described as “fantastical human-trafficking claims” by President Donald Trump, we discovered that the ...

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On Ghana’s Lake Volta, Child Slavery Is In Plain Sight

(CNN)The steel gray clouds hung like an ominous slate blanket over the far reaches of Lake Volta, Ghana. From the ...

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The State Of Ohio Vs. A Sex-Trafficked Teenager

The paperwork was signed, her belongings were stuffed into a plastic bag, and then, finally, it was time. She was ...

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Why Do We Let Corporations Profit From Rape Videos?

With help from Google, XVideos lets people leer at the worst moment in a child’s life.

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Unseen: The Boy Victims Of The Sex Trade, Part II

Exploited And Trafficked Youth Are Most Often Black, Brown, And Poor

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Unseen: The Boy Victims Of The Sex Trade, Part I

Thousands of Boys Face ‘The Same Victimization’ As Girls, But Go Largely Overlooked

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Human Trafficking Crisis In Indian Country ‘Like A Pandemic’

In the summer of 2019, Molina Richards got a call that made her stomach sink. One of her best friend’s ...

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