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Alleged Sex Traffickers Exploit Welfare System to Abduct and Sell Child Slaves

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 25, 2014 After a national operation in which 168 children were rescued from sex slavery right here in First-World America, the BBC reports that pimps take advantage of a system meant to care for children without families of their own. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Working Girls Gone Wild in Amsterdam’s De Wallen

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 2, 2013 Men in Amsterdam's red light district got an unsettling surprise when a group of shop window strippers put on an unexpected show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Four More Years: Now What?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Gay America's best election yet; Robert Scheer on Obama's second term; marijuana legalization; and Internet freedom. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mexico’s ‘Other’ Crisis

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2010 While most U.S. media coverage of events in Mexico these days focuses on that country's ongoing drug conflict, other news, such as the fact that Mexico has become America's leading provider of sex slaves -- some as young as 6 -- gets overlooked. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mosaic: What Petraeus Didn’t Tell Us

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2008 The latest "Mosaic Intelligence Report" takes a look at the "massive humanitarian crisis" that Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker failed to address in their update meetings with Congress about the Iraq war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Reaffirms Preemptive War Doctrine

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2006 In an updated version of his national security strategy, the president gives no ground on the policy that led us into Iraq, and identifies Iran as being the country that poses the biggest challenge to the U.S. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )