by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 30, 2018 | News
Illicit massage businesses (IMBs), often called “massage parlors,” are often a cover for human trafficking (sex and labor) operations in the U.S., according to a new Polaris Project report released on Jan. 17. There are more than 9,000 IMBs currently...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 29, 2018 | News
The wealthiest 1 percent of the global population secured 82 percent of the global wealth created in 2017, according to an Oxfam International report published on Jan. 21, while 3.7 billion adults saw no wealth increase. Oxfam is a nonprofit organization that works in...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 24, 2018 | News
Stephen K. Reeves is associate coordinator of partnerships and advocacy at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. 1. Where did you grow up? Austin, Texas. 2. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why? Many verses inform my justice-centered work and...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 24, 2018 | News
U.S. prisons saw an overall population decline in 2016, continuing a three-year trend in both federal and state facilities, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics report released on Jan. 9. Overall, there were 21,200 fewer prisoners in 2016 than in 2015, a 1...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 23, 2018 | News
A majority (74 percent) of U.S. Protestants and Catholics support “Dreamers” receiving permanent legal status, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Jan. 19. “Dreamers” are persons brought to the U.S. as minors and who have only...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | News
Frank Rees is a Baptist pastor in Melbourne, Australia, and an associate professor at the University of Divinity. 1. Where did you grow up? The rural town of Moe, a poor industrial workers’ town in Victoria, Australia. 2. What is your favorite verse, book or...
