02-03 2025 Homeland Security Threat Forecast: Human Trafficking and National Security

Human trafficking, a pervasive and insidious crime, poses a profound and escalating threat to the national security of the United States. As we look forward in 2025, this illicit activity not only undermines law and order, but also impacts economic stability, threatens public health, and erodes the very fabric of social institutions. Previously, both nonprofit […]

01-31 Sens. Rick Scott & Ron Johnson Introduce Bill to Stop Human Trafficking of Migrant Children

Senator Rick Scott and Senator Ron Johnson introduced the Stop Human Trafficking of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Act to crack down on the human trafficking of unaccompanied migrant children through comprehensive vetting procedures of sponsors, regular monitoring and updates on the child’s well-being. Last August, a DHS Inspector General Report revealed that President Biden’s DHS had […]

01-30 Laken Riley Act Signed Into Law

President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law on Wednesday, marking the first piece of legislation to become law in his second administration. “This horrific atrocity should never have been allowed to happen,” Trump told reporters ahead of signing the legislation. “And as president, I’m fighting every single day to ensure that such […]

01-29 This is National School Choice Week! Results are in! 60%

January 26-February 1, 2025, we’ll be raising awareness about school choice through tens of thousands of events with schools, organizations, and parents around the country. The results are in! 60% of U.S. parents considered sending their children to a different school last year. Dive into this year’s survey results to get a better look at […]

01-28 Have You Seen Patrick? The Disappearance That Shook NYC. Do You Know Anything?

The disappearance of 7-year-old Patrick Alford while in foster care in Brooklyn – 15 years ago today – was one of the highest-profile missing child cases in New York City since the abduction of Etan Patz. When Patrick simply vanished while taking the trash out with his foster mother, his disappearance touched off a massive […]

01-27 Hive Partners with Internet Watch Foundation to Reduce the Online Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hive, a leading provider of cloud-based AI solutions including content moderation models used by hundreds of leading online communities, today announced a partnership with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a UK-based nonprofit dedicated to stopping child sexual abuse online. “During 2024, KICK processed approximately 5 billion chat messages and 900 million frames of […]