by Terry FitzPatrick | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
These days, we’re used to the image of Abraham Lincoln sitting in a marble chair – at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. But another Lincoln chair is about to capture the public’s attention. It’s the bentwood Hickory chair that Lincoln was sitting in when he...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 30, 2013 | Take Action
There are reasons young people end up in slavery today. We’re all vulnerable to harm, one way or another, at one point or another. Traffickers spot these weaknesses, and pounce when they see an opening. The campus video channel mtvU has just launched an amazing social...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Apr 9, 2012 | Take Action
You may eat sustainable food. You probably support green building. You likely recycle, compost, and buy local. But what about sustainable people? What about the tie between fair trade and human rights? And how close it all is to home? If you’re in Berkeley on April 20...
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 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...
