You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Village Voice Media and the World of Underage Sex Trafficking
On March 18, The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote about a young woman who was sex-trafficked using Backpage.com. Alissa was underage when she was held captive, violently abused, and sold for sex. The column gives heart-wrenching details – the last time Alissa escaped a pimp, she was punished with a brutal beat-down – [...]
