“Children are being targeted and sold for sex in America every day.”—John Ryan, National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenChildren, young girls – some as young as 9 years old – are being bought and sold for sex in America. The average age for a young woman being sold for sex is now 13 years old.This is America’s dirty little secret.Sex trafficking—especially when it comes to the buying and selling of young girls—has become big business in America, the fastest growing business in organized crime and the second most-lucrative commodity traded illegally after drugs and guns.As investigative journalist Amy Fine Collins notes, “It’s become more lucrative and much safer to sell malleable teens than drugs or guns. A pound of heroin or an AK-47 can be retailed once, but a young girl can be sold 10 to 15 times a day—and a ‘righteous’ pimp confiscates 100 percent of her … [Read more...] about The Essence Of Evil: Sex With Children Has Become Big Business In America
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“Lorena” confronts the truth about the Bobbitts — and how America failed her
"Lorena,” Amazon’s four-part true crime examination of the tabloid-driven media feeding frenzy surrounding the crime and subsequent trial of Lorena Bobbitt, is one of those documentary series that feels inevitable. Consider that in 2016 the world was invited by way of "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" to consider anew that infamous case, its rippling impact upon broadcast journalism, and what the trials outcome told us about America’s race and class divisions and the outsized roles fame and wealth play in our justice system. The revival of O.J. mania gave rise to similar if less successful attempts to rekindle interest around the unsolved murder of JonBenet Ramsey and the murder trial of Erik and Lyle Menendez. But a main reason those failed to hook broad interest is that these cases were about singular mysteries — shocking and bewildering felonies in a TV world where entire networks spin entertainment out of shocking, bewildering felonies.The … [Read more...] about “Lorena” confronts the truth about the Bobbitts — and how America failed her
Rami Malek rocks as Freddie Mercury, but ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ isn’t a killer Queen biopic
In “Bohemian Rhapsody” the movie, there’s a sequence in which the screen is peppered with all the harsh words that critics had back in the day for “Bohemian Rhapsody” the song, ending with “perfectly adequate.” That’s the kindest thing one can say about the new Queen biopic (★★ out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters nationwide Nov. 2) and also the most damning. Other than a solid job by Rami Malek ("Mr. Robot") as magnetic frontman Freddie Mercury, a few exciting musical sequences and a couple of moments of actual greatness, the film is mostly a paint-by-numbers behind-the-music journey through the ups and downs of the iconoclastic British rock band. Listen to the Mothership podcast below for analysis on the best and worst music biopics ever, and whether or not the genre should continue at all: “Rhapsody” maps Queen's story from the group's beginnings in the early 1970s … [Read more...] about Rami Malek rocks as Freddie Mercury, but ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ isn’t a killer Queen biopic