by Free the Slaves | Feb 17, 2011 | FTS Updates
Kevin Bales was recently interviewed by María Hinojosa for her show “One-on-One.” They discuss modern-day slavery in the U.S., and refer to The Slave Next Door, the book Bales co-wrote on this topic (historian Ron Soodalter was the other co-author). The...
by Free the Slaves | Feb 14, 2011 | FTS Updates
The Global Action Forum is taking place later this week at the Beverly Hilton Hotel’s International Ball Room. From Thursday, February 17 through Friday the 18th, socially conscious celebrities and activists from all over the world and all walks of life will...
by Free the Slaves | Feb 10, 2011 | FTS Updates
On Saturday, it will be Lincoln’s birthday. It is normal for American school children to learn that President Lincoln ended legalized slavery in the U.S. with the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. It is not as usual for school children to learn that slavery...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 31, 2011 | FTS Updates
Some great news! We just noticed that TED Talks are now available with translated subtitles in seventeen different languages—including Portuguese, Arabic and Chinese. Now, Free the Slaves President Kevin Bales’ groundbreaking speech on How to Combat Modern...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 24, 2011 | Slavery in the News
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) put out a press release saying the “new frontier” in labor trafficking will be employment discrimination laws. In their book on slavery in the U.S., The Slave Next Door, Ron Soodalter and FTS...