This Week on NOW: Fighting Child Prostitution - Sex Trade - Tomato Pickers

This Week on NOW: Fighting Child Prostitution
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/422/index.html

Living in the shadows of contemporary American society are tens of thousands of underage prostitutes -- desperate, exploited kids robbed of their childhood and of hope. The Department of Justice says, on any given day, tens of thousands of children across America are involved in prostitution. This week, NOW visits Atlanta to see how the growing problem of child prostitution is being tackled in an aggressive new campaign.


Stories from the Sex Trade
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/422/prostitute-story.html

At the age of 18, Kasey McClure began working as a stripper in Atlanta. She quit after five years and formed a non-profit aimed at helping women leave the sex trade and adult entertainment business. Read our interview with McClure and watch a web-exclusive video in which she describes how she got started in an industry she's now fighting against.


Tomato Pickers Score Victory
http://www.pbs.org/now/society/ciw.html

Fast food chain Burger King has agreed to improve the wages and working conditions of tomato pickers in Florida. Watch NOW reports on these workers' fight for fair pay, and their surprising


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