Fifty million
In 2022, the ILO published a number that should have ended every other conversation for a week: 49.6 million people in modern slavery. Twenty-eight million in forced labor. Twenty-two million in forced marriage....
In the late 1960s, the streets were loud for good reason.
Americans protested polluted rivers, unsafe factories, poisoned neighborhoods, and abusive labor conditions. The pressure was real. The suffering was real. And protest worked in the short term.
In response, the U.S....