This page was updated in 2020.
TIMELESS ARTICLES
Recommended articles on modern-day slavery and human trafficking that transcend specific news events:
- “Six Solutions that Are Working in Fighting Human Trafficking”
- “For All We Are Worth” by Debra Orenstein
- “Beyond Hashtags and Resolutions: What It Will Take to End Slavery” by Maurice Middleberg
- “Empowering Partnerships to Tackle Modern Slavery” by Lean Alfred Santos
- “Helping to Break The Chain” by Lois Goldrich
- “Am I Helpful?” by Gloria Steinem
- 17 articles in a ground-breaking series in the Christian Science Monitor on slavery around the world today: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Topics/Human-Trafficking-Series
TIMELY ARTICLES
- Ian Urbina’s groundbreaking reporting on slavery in the fishing industry has just been released as book, The Outlaw Ocean.
- International Labor Rights Forum has been publishing serious analysis of the failure of 20 years of efforts to get rid of slavery in the cocoa supply chain: https://morningconsult.com/opinions/forced-child-labor-in-cocoa-twenty-years-of-failure/
- The Human Rights Foundation correctly links the rise of human trafficking to the decline in democracy: https://time.com/5638667/human-trafficking-cause/
LINKS ON CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY & THE JEWISH COMMUNAL RESPONSE
Sites/organizations are listed in alphabetical order.
- Atzum
- Free The Slaves
- Hotline for Migrant Workers
- Jewish Coalition Against Slavery and Trafficking/Chicago
- Jewish Coalition to End Human Trafficking
- The Joint Distribution Committee's Center for International Migration and Integration
- National Council of Jewish Women
- RabbiDebra.com
- Religious Action Center
- T’rua