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Today, Jamille Bigio and Rachel Vogelstein published Ending Human Trafficking in the Twenty-First Century, the first-ever Council Special Report on human trafficking. In the report, they explain why human trafficking has important implications for U.S. interests, assess the policy landscape, and offer recommendations. This is an excerpt.
Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery. An estimated twenty-five million people worldwide are victims a number only growing in the face of vulnerabilities fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Other global challenges, such as the migration crisis and persistent conflict, also increase its prevalence. Today, the practice yields perpetrators an estimated $150 bil
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As California’s reparations committee embarks on a two-year process to study the harms of slavery and systemic racism, task force members will confront how a single state, which never formally sanctioned slavery, can make amends. During the first meeting, members openly grappled with whether reparations should mean direct payments or long-term investments, such as education and housing, to boost African American households.
For more than three decades, Black members of Congress have introduced legislation to study the lasting harms of slavery on African Americans, and propose remedies. Year after year, the federal proposal languished.
Now, California is going it alone.
California Reparations Committee Confronts Harms of Slavery, Debates Direct Payments
Dr. Shirley Weber testifies during her confirmation hearing as Secretary of State on Jan. 26, 2021 in Sacramento. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
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For more than three decades, Black members of Congress have introduced legislation to study the lasting harms of slavery on African Americans, and propose remedies. Year after year, the federal proposal languished.
Now, California is going it alone.
This month, California’s first-in-the-nation task force to study reparations met for the first time, kicking off a two-year process to study the consequences of slavery and systemic racism against African Americans in California.