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Not Your Mama’s Feminism: Sex Workers Have Always Been Here

Not Your Mama’s Feminism: Sex Workers Have Always Been Here

Not Your Mama’s Feminism: Sex Workers Have Always Been Here

Alex Andrews

Feb 273 min read

Not Your Mama’s Feminism: Criminalization by Another Name - Nordic Model Outcomes

Not Your Mama’s Feminism: Criminalization by Another Name - Nordic Model Outcomes

Not Your Mama’s Feminism: Criminalization by Another Name - Nordic Model Outcomes

Alex Andrews

Feb 204 min read

Not Your Mama's Feminism: The Policy in Practice - When “Rescue” Means Arrest

Not Your Mama's Feminism: The Policy in Practice - When “Rescue” Means Arrest

Not Your Mama's Feminism: The Policy in Practice - When “Rescue” Means Arrest

Alex Andrews

Feb 112 min read

Not Your Mama’s Feminism: From Budgets to Beliefs - How Money Shapes Feminist Anti-Trafficking Politics

Not Your Mama’s Feminism: From Budgets to Beliefs - How Money Shapes Feminist Anti-Trafficking Politics

Not Your Mama’s Feminism: From Budgets to Beliefs - How Money Shapes Feminist Anti-Trafficking Politics

Alex Andrews

Feb 65 min read

Follow the Money: The Economics of a Human Trafficking Sting - The Taxpayer Economic Factor

Follow the Money: The Economics of a Human Trafficking Sting - The Taxpayer Economic Factor

Follow the Money: The Economics of a Human Trafficking Sting - The Taxpayer Economic Factor

Follow The Money

Alex Andrews

Jan 304 min read

On the Super Bowl, Safety and Solidarity

On the Super Bowl, Safety and Solidarity

On the Super Bowl, Safety and Solidarity

Follow The Money

Swop Behind Bars

Jan 277 min read

The Human Cost of Human Trafficking Stings: A Deep Dive

The Human Cost of Human Trafficking Stings: A Deep Dive

The Human Cost of Human Trafficking Stings: A Deep Dive

Follow The Money

Alex Andrews

Jan 234 min read

The Sting Show - Anti-Trafficking: The Architecture of Carceral Care

The Sting Show - Anti-Trafficking: The Architecture of Carceral Care

The Sting Show - Anti-Trafficking: The Architecture of Carceral Care

Follow The Money

Alex Andrews

Jan 215 min read

The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting: The Non Profit Spreadsheet

The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting: The Non Profit Spreadsheet

The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting: The Non Profit Spreadsheet

Follow The Money

Alex Andrews

Jan 165 min read

The Sting Show - Plea Bargains, Case Closures, and the Assembly Line That Blocks Justice

The Sting Show - Plea Bargains, Case Closures, and the Assembly Line That Blocks Justice

The Sting Show - Plea Bargains, Case Closures, and the Assembly Line That Blocks Justice

Follow The Money

Alex Andrews

Jan 144 min read

Follow The Money: The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting - The Criminal Justice Spreadsheet

Follow The Money: The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting - The Criminal Justice Spreadsheet

Follow The Money: The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting - The Criminal Justice Spreadsheet

Follow The Money

Alex Andrews

Jan 94 min read

Follow The Money: The Economics of Human Trafficking - What Policing “Rescue” Really Costs

Follow The Money: The Economics of Human Trafficking - What Policing “Rescue” Really Costs

Follow The Money: The Economics of Human Trafficking - What Policing “Rescue” Really Costs

Follow The Money

Alex Andrews

Jan 24 min read

The Gospel According to the Women Who Waited – Hagar: The Runaway Mother Who Named God

The Gospel According to the Women Who Waited – Hagar: The Runaway Mother Who Named God

The Gospel According to the Women Who Waited – Hagar: The Runaway Mother Who Named God

Bad Girls of the Bible

Alex Andrews

Dec 24, 20254 min read

December 17 - Day 16: A World Without Violence

December 17 - Day 16: A World Without Violence

December 17 - Day 16: A World Without Violence

Alex Andrews

Dec 16, 20252 min read

December 17 Day 11: Art as Resistance

December 17 Day 11: Art as Resistance

December 17 Day 11: Art as Resistance

Alex Andrews

Dec 11, 20253 min read

When the Record Keeper Knows What It’s Like to Be in the Records

When the Record Keeper Knows What It’s Like to Be in the Records

When the Record Keeper Knows What It’s Like to Be in the Records

Human Trafficking

Alex Andrews

Nov 26, 20253 min read

When Burnout Reveals the Truth: What the Anti-Trafficking Field Can No Longer Ignore

When Burnout Reveals the Truth: What the Anti-Trafficking Field Can No Longer Ignore

When Burnout Reveals the Truth: What the Anti-Trafficking Field Can No Longer Ignore

Human Trafficking

Alex Andrews

Nov 21, 20253 min read

Change on Paper, Chains in Practice - November 2025 Election Results

Change on Paper, Chains in Practice - November 2025 Election Results

Change on Paper, Chains in Practice - November 2025 Election Results

Weekend Hot Takes

Alex Andrews

Nov 5, 20255 min read

A Season of Solidarity - From Surviving to Thriving: What Happens When You Fund Freedom

A Season of Solidarity - From Surviving to Thriving: What Happens When You Fund Freedom

A Season of Solidarity - From Surviving to Thriving: What Happens When You Fund Freedom

Sex Worker Rights

Alex Andrews

Oct 31, 20252 min read

When “Rescue” Is Rebranded: Compass Connections Takes the National Hotline

When “Rescue” Is Rebranded: Compass Connections Takes the National Hotline

When “Rescue” Is Rebranded: Compass Connections Takes the National Hotline

Weekend Hot Takes

Alex Andrews

Oct 20, 20253 min read

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