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Prostitution
January 30, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The New Majority Behind Sex Work Decriminalization
An exclusive look at a groundbreaking policy transformation. There are lessons for the left to learn here.
December 2, 2019
Magazine
Tim Shorrock
Welcome to the Monkey House
Confronting the ugly legacy of military prostitution in South Korea
February 16, 2016
Adam Peck
Meet the new Eliot Spitzer, same as the old.
January 20, 2016
Noah Berlatsky
Child Sex Workers’ Biggest Threat: The Police
October 30, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
"Human Trafficking" Has Become a Meaningless Term
Politicians and activists often abuse it to push for punitive laws or to incite moral panic
August 14, 2015
Sarah Marshall
Modern Magdalenes
A searing look at life on the street
July 6, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
The Wrong Way to Stop Prostitution
Visa and MasterCard won’t work with Backpage.com anymore. That won't help sex workers.
January 29, 2015
Sam Eifling
Above the Law, Under the Sheets
Undercover cops can't legally have sex with prostitutes, but they get awfully close
December 4, 2014
Juan David Romero
Why Do We Treat Child Sex-Trafficking Victims Like Criminals?
D.C. just fixed its law. More than half of U.S. states still haven't.
July 2, 2014
Susan Schulten
San Francisco Mapped Every Brothel, Opium Den, and Gambling Parlor During a Moral Panic in the 1880s
The ugly motive behind a beautiful diagram of old Chinatown
December 3, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
A Sergeant Pimped Out Female Soldiers. The Army's Going After a John.
This is progress for the military
August 12, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Hypocrisy for Sale: Craigslist Founder Invests in Journalism Ethics Book
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