by Hallie Rubenhold The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper 'The victims of Jack the Ripper were never "just prostitues"; they were daughters, wives, mothers, sisters and lovers. They were women. They were human beings, and surely that, in itself, is enough.' During the late summer of 1888, death stalked the …
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Say No To Slavery
Today is Anti-Slavery Day. In spite of the work of William Wilberforce and many others to abolish it, slavery is still alive and well, and not only in the Third World. Across the planet, millions of children are forced to work for a pittance, or for nothing at all, some of them sold by their …
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