There are many ways people around the world are used as slaves and held against their will; recognizing these conditions is a start to changing the conditions.

Good things are happening in the sex trafficking world. It makes at least a small dent in the industry.

It is encouraging to hear from both sides of the abortion/pro-life movement that they disagree with Canadian government pressuring agreement with the pro-abortion side in order to receive government (public, taxpayer) funding.

Finally -- thanks to US VP Mike Pence -- US AID is going to provide help to minority victims of ISIS genocide. In the past, groups like Christians, Yazidis, Bahai and others have fallen through the cracks of international assistance. http://freebeacon.com/issues/usaid-shifts-on-aid-to-christians-yazidis-in-iraq/

Very well stated and compared to other protests going on to do with animals being used for scientific research - no one seems to have a problem with that. So different when aborted children are used for the same purpose.

http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-public-funding-should-be-religion-neutral

China destroys large church in China. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-christianity-religion-crackdown-megachurch-chinaaid-golden-lampstand-church-linfen-communist-a8156031.html

Not a long article, some good points about holding production companies accountable. Sad this type of slavery is still a problem today.

Where is the mainstream media? http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/252332/why-cant-the-american-media-cover-the-protests-in-iran

I have been encouraged by reading the book titled "Lion" by Saroo Brierly. A passage from his life story as he experienced life as a very poor child in India - "Sometimes the holy man, Baba, would look after Shekila (his little sister) and me at the mosque, or he would take me fishing in the river with his long bamboo stick and line. I always looked forward to being with Baba; he was closer to a father than my real one, whom I never saw. We would walk together to his favorite fishing spots, where he'd put a worm on the hook and cast it into the water. We caught a type of small fish that had black scales, and he always let me bring a few home. Whenever my mother returned from work, she'd cook it in a delicious curry that would make me drool with anticipation... Sometimes it felt as if the world had forgotten about us and our problems. But then we would meet someone from the neighborhood who treated us with respect, like Baba, and who fed us just because he felt sorry for us. When Baba gave me a snack and asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, he wasn't just nourishing my mind but also my spirit. He gave me a sense of being normal for a few moments, and helped me believe that I had a future. He gave me the luxury to think about what I wanted to accomplish with my life, either working in the construction area or being a laborer in a shop."

"“No one knows more about life with Down syndrome than I do... “Whatever you learn today, remember this: I am a man with Down syndrome, and my life is worth living!” (Frank Stephens) https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/down-syndrome-man-gives-stirring-testimony-against-abortion-lets-be-america?utm_source=LifeSiteNews.com&utm_campaign=6356503b48-Daily%2520Headlines%2520-%2520Canada&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_12387f0e3e-6356503b48-400671757