Louisiana Strip Club Dancers Fear More Crackdowns as ‘Anti-Trafficking’ Law Goes Into Effect A ban on dancers under 21 raises questions on the growing role of the state's Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control in policing clubs. Melissa Gira Grant
Broad Anti-Trafficking Law Faces Its First Constitutional Challenge Human rights groups, sex worker rights activists, a digital archive and others say they are already facing censorship. Melissa Gira Grant
The Appeal Podcast Episode 2: The Misplaced Sanctimony of Criminalizing Sex Work With Melissa Gira Grant, senior staff reporter at The Appeal. Adam H. Johnson
Anti-Backpage Law Not Yet Enacted, But the Crackdown on Sex Workers Has Already Begun Melissa Gira Grant
Anti-Online Trafficking Bills Advance in Congress, Despite Opposition from Survivors Themselves Melissa Gira Grant
Proposed Federal Trafficking Legislation Has Surprising Opponents: Advocates Who Work With Trafficking Victims Melissa Gira Grant
