Boom and the Great Bust
Sin, sex, and freedom in the Alaskan gold rush
Far from being the anti-porn props filmmakers want them to be, the stars of Hot Girls Wanted exhibit a complex, nuanced relationship with their work.
Plaintiffs coerced into prostitution as teens alleged that Backpage was complicit in their trafficking.
Not-so-happy ending for sex workers in Honolulu massage parlors
Sex workers say both premise of show and promises of help for them were a sham.
FBI says Hortencia Medeles-Arguello, 71, "should have known" some of the women were being controlled by pimps.
Senators sneak through SAVE Act as amendment, creating criminal liability for classified-ad sites.
Loretta Lynch vote also hangs in the balance.
Measure would allow licensed "cabarets" to offer both alcohol and topless dancing.
When is an ATM an "interstate commerce facility"? When the FBI needs to make federal prostitution charges stick.
In France, looking a little too slutty to a police officer is punishable by six months in prison and a fine of €3,750.
While money was one motivating factor, students also cited flexible scheduling and personal enjoyment as reasons for choosing sex work.
This is one time that lawmakers using abortion as a political tool may be a boon for civil liberties.
In Northern Ireland people can be convicted of paying for sex starting in June.
But gridlock may be the best we can hope for with the "Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act."
"Tough on crime" doesn't die, it just takes new forms
Closing sites like Backpage.com puts trafficking victims at even more risk.
The situation is common for projects even tangentially connected to sex work or adult entertainment. Guess who's to blame?
What the plan lacks in likelihood to yield results, it makes up for in ensuring police harassment.
At least 270 arrested in Houston prostitution stings since start of 2014
No, they don't mean that figuratively.
"Only rights will stop the wrong."
The shutdown of sex-sales site Redbook made life more ignorant and dangerous.
Brothel wants state to screw everybody over equally instead of getting a little less grabby with everyone.
Strippers could be jailed for revealing "the crevice of their buttocks"
Criminalization really isn't the root of the problem that sex workers face.
Lawmakers target classified ad sites
Don Paul Bales is suing the Fort Smith police department to get his job back
'Words matter,' said Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes.
Why sex workers have criticized the way feminist Anita Sarkeesian talks about women's agency
Another anti-sex trafficking bill from Sen. Dianne Feinstein that uses inflated fears about the issue to push unconstitutional expansions of federal law enforcement power
Canada's new proposals criminalize johns, while decriminalizing those engaged in prostitution.