Slavery's Global Comeback Slaves pan for gold in Accra, Ghana. Many have children with them as they wade in water poisoned by mercury that's used in the extraction process. Buying and selling people into forced labor is bigger than ever. What "human trafficking" really means. Dec 19 2012 http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/12/slaverys-global-comeback/266354/ [with comments]
Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty." from John Philpot Curran, Speech upon the Right of Election, 1790