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 Dec 21, 2018
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 Jun 28, 2018
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 May 31, 2018
Anti-Backpage Law Not Yet Enacted, But the Crackdown on Sex Workers Has Already Begun Melissa Gira Grant Apr 10, 2018
Anti-Online Trafficking Bills Advance in Congress, Despite Opposition from Survivors Themselves Melissa Gira Grant Mar 14, 2018
Proposed Federal Trafficking Legislation Has Surprising Opponents: Advocates Who Work With Trafficking Victims Melissa Gira Grant Jan 26, 2018
