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Social Media ISN’T News: Why You Should Dump Social Media News And How To Tell FACT From FICTION

March 10, 2017

It's no big secret that people use social media to keep abreast of the latest news. And it's also no secret that a lot of that news is fake or biased. So is it possible for activists to stay up-to-date by relyi...

Missing And Murdered Native Women: A First-Hand Account

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March 4, 2017

Abuse & Trafficking, MMIW, Podcasts

The following blog post was written by Drew Penner, a reporter who took a close look at the disappearance of Delaine Copenace. The young aboriginal woman is one of thousands of missing and murdered indigen...

What One Women Wishes Pro-Lifers Knew About Abortion

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February 12, 2017

Abuse & Trafficking

This is the first of a two-part series of open letters about the controversial issue of abortion. A women's right to abortion is coming under threat. Now more than ever, it's important to remember why it was l...

One Women’s War Against Human Trafficking

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January 13, 2017

Abuse & Trafficking

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A title like this seems a little harsh, but in my opinion, this is the reality of our world today. Human Trafficking is one of the fastest growing organized crimes today. I remember when the word, “cancer” was ...

Powerful New Film Shows The Effects Of Domestic Violence Up Close

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December 2, 2016

Abuse & Trafficking

Tiffany Hill is an employment/labor law attorney who uses her experience to support domestic abuse victims and to spread awareness about the issue. In addition to being an author and a podcast host, she's also ...

Shocking New Film Reveals How We Fail To Protect The Children Of Abusers

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November 29, 2016

Abuse & Trafficking

Rachel Meyrick first got into the film industry by working in commercials in 1995. Since then, she has worked on several feature films. Now, Rachel is tackling the issue of domestic abuse in a documentary that ...

Using Photography To Take A Stand Against Abuse

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November 13, 2016

Abuse & Trafficking

Dumb little bastard.” That’s what my father used to call me, snarling through gritted teeth, every time he got red-in-the-face angry with no warning. He frequently became enraged, seemingly out of the blue, and...

5 Things You Can Do RIGHT NOW To Fight Police Violence

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October 3, 2016

Abuse & Trafficking, Discrimination

One of the saddest things about reading the stories and watching the videos of Keith Lamont Scott and Terence Crutcher is that this type of event is no longer shocking to many of us. There is a systemic issue ...

First Hand Stories From Victims Of Human Trafficking

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September 13, 2016

Abuse & Trafficking

I see human trafficking victims every day. So do you: The 14-year-old girl we pass on the street as she walks home from school The young woman whose table we sit next to at Starbucks The young man wh...

How The World Sees America’s Gun Fetish – What I Learnt While Travelling Overseas

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July 11, 2016

Abuse & Trafficking

A few years ago, I had an extended working holiday overseas. While I traveled, I met several other Americans who told everyone they were from Canada. I remember one guy even had a Canadian flag patch sewn onto ...