Traffickers' town Tenancingo is a Mexican town built on sex trafficking - with little alternative employment, it's become the only way to make money. Young women from across Mexico are duped into becoming sex slaves by wealthy men living in grand homes, offering them work or even marriage. Needing money for their families, the women discover too late they're being sold into prostitution, often in the US. One Mexican charity estimates there are 1,000 traffickers in Tenancingo, out of a total population of 10,000. Continue reading →
Traffickers' town Tenancingo is a Mexican town built on sex trafficking - with little alternative employment, it's become the only way to make money. Young women from across Mexico are duped into becoming sex slaves by wealthy men living in grand homes, offering them work or even marriage. Needing money for their families, the women discover too late they're being sold into prostitution, often in the US. One Mexican charity estimates there are 1,000 traffickers in Tenancingo, out of a total population of 10,000. Continue reading →
Chelsea Clinton and James Steyer says there's evidence that the explosion of computer use has changed the way kids think. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Chelsea Clinton and James Steyer say we must ask: How are social media effecting kids? They say explosion of online access for kids has opened Pandora's box of privacy issues They say it's changed the way kids think, interact with others; discretion is abandoned Writers: We need laws, norms, education to maximize benefit, minimize disasters of online use Editor's note: Chelsea Clinton is a board member of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on media and technology's effects on children and teens, and wrote the foreword to "Talking Back to Facebook." James P. Steyer is founder and CEO of Common Sense ... Continue reading →
Runners gather for start of 33rd capitol Hill 10k race. It's a hot one... http://t.co/YQbau87g Continue reading →
