Melissa Gira GrantinIN JUSTICE TODAYFOSTA Backers to Sex Workers: Your Work Can Never Be SafeOn April 11, President Trump signed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), legislation that would make…Apr 24, 20182Apr 24, 20182
Melissa Gira GrantinIN JUSTICE TODAYAnti-Backpage Law Not Yet Enacted, But the Crackdown on Sex Workers Has Already BegunOn Friday, April 6, the same day that Congress sent FOSTA — the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act — to President…Apr 10, 20183Apr 10, 20183
Melissa Gira GrantinIN JUSTICE TODAYTraffic Stop Begins Man’s Kafkaesque Journey Through A Texas County’s Bail SystemIn February 2017, Mweze Kyungu was pulled over by Houston police officers in Harris County, Texas for a defective brake light and then…Apr 3, 2018Apr 3, 2018
Melissa Gira GrantinIN JUSTICE TODAYAnti-Online Trafficking Bills Advance in Congress, Despite Opposition from Survivors ThemselvesThis week, the Senate is expected to vote on a bill that could shutter websites that host sex-for-sale ads. The bill, known as SESTA — the…Mar 14, 20184Mar 14, 20184
Melissa Gira GrantinIN JUSTICE TODAYNew Orleans Strip Club Workers Battle ‘Age Ban’ In Federal CourtLast week, days after dancers took to the streets of New Orleans to protest recent police raids on the city’s strip clubs, the state agency…Feb 12, 2018Feb 12, 2018
Melissa Gira GrantinIN JUSTICE TODAYIn ‘Anti-Trafficking’ New Orleans Strip Club Raids, Police Make No Trafficking ArrestsThe New Orleans Police Department, the Louisiana State Police, and the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC) have raided…Jan 30, 2018Jan 30, 2018
Melissa Gira GrantinIN JUSTICE TODAYProposed Federal Trafficking Legislation Has Surprising Opponents: Advocates Who Work With…Congress is marking “National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month” by considering major anti-sex trafficking legislation in both…Jan 26, 2018Jan 26, 2018
Melissa Gira GrantinIN JUSTICE TODAYBroken Covenant: A Homeless Youth Organization’s Assault on Trafficking Is Making Women More…It looked like a flyer promoting Bourbon Street strip clubs: purple, magenta and black, with neon light-styled letters spelling out the…Jan 22, 20182Jan 22, 20182
Melissa Gira GrantinIN JUSTICE TODAYMemphis Police Failed to Properly Investigate “Hundreds” of Rape CasesFormer detective’s deposition reveals that MPD has much more to grapple with than just testing a backlog of rape kits.Nov 21, 2017Nov 21, 2017
Melissa Gira GrantinIN JUSTICE TODAYTrafficking In Vagaries: How A Times Picayune Series That Found Only “trafficking opportunity” In…A proposal to curb strip clubs on Bourbon Street was introduced last Thursday by a New Orleans city council member, “citing recent reports…Nov 3, 2017Nov 3, 2017
