human trafficking

Singer and songwriter Chris Porterfield and his band Field Report took the poems from five survivors of human trafficking and sexual assault and created an EP. It will debut at a benefit concert Thursday, Sept. 12 at the Cooperage in Milwaukee.

Chrystul Kizer gained national attention in 2018 when she was charged with killing her suspected trafficker when she was 17. It was a story that brought renewed attention to child trafficking and spurred conversations, and debates, about survivorhood and self-defense.

The annual address at the State Capitol also features bi-partisan thank-yous for helping the tribes.

Dr. Sara McKinnon, an associate professor in rhetoric, politics and culture at UW-Madison, speaks on what human trafficking entails in the U.S. and worldwide.

This year’s Rise & Thrive program from the LOTUS Legal Clinic is helping survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking heal through poetry and music. Rise & Thrive's inaugural resident Marielle Allschwang worked with survivors to create the four-song digital EP, "Somewhere to Swim."

Milwaukee has long been considered a hub of sex trafficking in the U.S. For years, Dana World-Patterson has been helping exploited women leave that life behind, as the founder and CEO of Foundations for Freedom. Now, the organization has embarked on a new chapter — providing housing for these same women.

In Milwaukee and cities around the world, we’ve seen a rise in human trafficking due, in part, to the instability the pandemic caused.

Across the world, men and boys are being asked to help stop human trafficking by signing a pledge offered by the HEMAD program.HEMAD is short for Human…

Wisconsin has a reputation for being in the top five states for sex trafficking, so combating the issue has long been a concern. On Thursday, Wisconsin…

Human trafficking affects millions of people around the world, including in Milwaukee. And federal law views human trafficking as a contemporary form of…