Watch Elizabeth Nolan Brown discuss the film with director Mary Mazzio, who aims to overhaul Backpage and federal law in the name of sex-trafficked teens.
Here we go again, and again, and again...
State also mandates that hotels keep all guest records for six months, train staff on how to spot prostitution.
The Women's March claims to be for anyone "who believes women's rights are human rights." And yet...
California Republicans risk being taken even less seriously.
As Congress puts Backpage on trial, Section 230 is the big fish in this barrel of red herrings.
"It's a sad day for America's children victimized by prostitution," said victims services advocate Lois Lee.
Bill would let people sue porn websites for damages if they think they're addicted
The area has previously prosecuted more than a dozen men in 2016 for online speech related to prostitution.
And he's not the only criminal justice official in the news for sex offenses this week...
"Congress has spoken on this matter and it is for Congress, not this Court, to revisit."
While the particulars of Pizzagate are especially outlandish, it's not a narrative that sprung up in an alt-right vacuum. Just look at the coverage of Sherri Papini's case.
And making a mess of civil liberties and people's lives in the process
"You got people who just want to ride around and randomly take people to jail for nothing."
The cops are accused of driving the boys around the city at high speeds and dropping them off on a random corner and ordering them to walk home.
Constitutional violations abound in Alabama "Human Trafficking Safe Harbor Act."
"Congress has spoken on this matter and it is for Congress, not this court, to revisit." Except for maybe later this afternoon...
Proposition 60 was defeated 54 to 46 percent. Here's how the porn industry is reacting.
Condoms-in-porn measure pits adult-film industry and public-health groups against public hysteria and a would-be porn czar
A 26-year veteran of the department, William Whitley's record reveals 28 complaints against him, going back to 1991.
Sex workers and their customers made up 72 percent of arrests in this "underage human trafficking" operation. Human traffickers? One percent.
"Make no mistake; Kamala Harris has won all that she was looking to win when she had us arrested."
"Hooking for cheeseburgers isn't normal," says detective from department that pretended to do so.
Reforms would also raise minimum-age threshold for Texas strippers from 18 to 21.
Prosecutors drop charges against men arrested in prostitution sting...after costing them their jobs by portraying them as sex traffickers.
Behold, 12 things the state of California considers sex trafficking that are totally not
The charges stem not from Ferrer's own actions but because he owned a user-generated ad website where these activities are said to take place.
The congressman is suing the author of Murder in the Bayou over claims the congressman patronized sex workers who were later killed.
Visa and Mastercard had ceased serving the site under threat of sanction from the Illinois sheriff.
Three U.S. police units facing new, multi-officer sexual-misconduct allegations
Sheriff John Urquhart said Reason's reporting on the issue was not unfair but offers a "unicorn-ish" view of Seattle sex work. "This was not Pretty Woman."
"We are well on our way to developing...new ways to change their behavior."
Courage House received about $9,100 in government support per month per girl it took in.
Oakland aims to shame "johns" with an anonymous online reporting system that triggers police warning letters.
"If we don't have a witness," said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, "we can't prosecute these cases."
Four Oakland police officers have been fired and seven others suspended without pay.
Celeste Guap claims she was flown to Florida for drug treatment by California police. Now she's in jail on a $300,000 bond.
The initiative was launched by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, one of America's leading crusaders for the eradication of prostitution.
Without the threat of jail time, victims won't have incentive to testify, prosecutors complain.
If you're looking for yet another example of sexually predatory acts from athletes at Vanderbilt, this isn't it.
"Is prostitution a victimless crime?" Not in a black market.
If convicted, the boy-an 18-year-old homeless refugee from Ghana-faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison, with life imprisonment possible.
"Some people like to paint. Some people like to dance. Some people like to express themselves in an erotic way," says Sharron Cooks.
This is probably the closest thing to a pro-sex-work stance that any major-party candidate has ever taken.
Ima Matul was a victim of forced labor, or labor trafficking. In the U.S. and around the world, it's as common if not more common than sex trafficking.
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