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		<title>One island, two Jamaicas and a &#8216;whole heap&#8217; of difference</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Correspondent Lisa Biagiotti, producer Micah Fink and director of photography Gabrielle Weiss examine the public debate that erupted earlier this year when graphic Dancehall music lyrics and images were banned from Jamaica's airwaves. The public responses reveal the legacy of two Jamaicas dating back to the country's slave history.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jamaican society can be divided along class, language and culture lines. It&#8217;s rich vs. poor, English vs. <em>Patois </em>and<em> </em>uptown vs. downtown.</p>
<p>Correspondent <a title="Lisa Biagiotti" href="http://worldfocus.org/blog/tag/lisa-biagiotti/" target="_self">Lisa Biagiotti</a>, producer <a title="Micah Fink" href="http://worldfocus.org/blog/tag/micah-fink" target="_self">Micah Fink</a> and director of photography <a title="Gabrielle Weiss" href="http://worldfocus.org/blog/tag/gabrielle-weiss" target="_self">Gabrielle Weiss</a> examine the public debate that erupted earlier this year when graphic Dancehall music lyrics and images were banned from Jamaica&#8217;s airwaves. The public responses reveal the legacy of two Jamaicas dating back to the country&#8217;s slave history.</p>
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<li><em>Listen to Worldfocus Radio on <a title="Worldfocus Radio: LGBT politics and gay asylum" href="http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/11/11/worldfocus-radio-lgbt-politics-and-gay-asylum/8344/" target="_self">LGBT politics and gay asylum</a></em></li>
<li><em>Read about the controversy over music and dance related to </em><em>daggerin&#8217; and the variety of Dancehall music here: <a title="No daggerin' on Jamaican TV and on Worldfocus" href="http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/10/02/no-daggerin-on-jamaican-tv-and-on-worldfocus/7581/" target="_self">No daggerin&#8217; on Jamaican TV and on Worldfocus</a>.</em></li>
<li><em>Watch Jamaican Dancehall artist Spice talk and sing about her life story: <a id="ih2y" title="Dancehall artist sings of poverty plaguing Jamaica’s ghettos" href="http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/10/01/dancehall-artist-sings-of-poverty-plaguing-jamaicas-ghettos/7573/" target="_blank"> Dancehall artist sings of poverty plaguing Jamaica&#8217;s ghettos</a>.</em></li>
<li><em>For more information on homophobia and HIV in Jamaica, visit <a href="http://pulitzergateway.org/the-glass-closet/">The Glass Closet</a>, a multimedia project produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.</em></li>
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<listpage_excerpt>A public debate erupted earlier this year when graphic Dancehall music lyrics and images were banned from Jamaica&#8217;s airwaves. The public responses reveal the legacy of two Jamaicas dating back to the country&#8217;s slave history, as correspondent Lisa Biagiotti reports.</listpage_excerpt>
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		<title>Global economic crisis pushes human trafficking</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasing unemployment and poverty are making people more vulnerable to human traffickers, says the State Department's annual report on human trafficking released Tuesday.

There are more than 12 million adults and children around the world in forced labor, including those forced to provide sex. The United States has put 52 countries on a watch list, suspected of not doing enough to combat human trafficking. These countries could face sanctions unless they improve their records.

E. Benjamin Skinner, a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, and author of "A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern Slavery," joins Martin Savidge to discuss modern slavery and how the economic crisis is playing into the problem of human trafficking.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Increasing unemployment and poverty are making people more vulnerable to human traffickers, according to the State Department&#8217;s <a href="http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/index.htm" target="_blank">annual report on human trafficking</a> released Tuesday.</p>
<p>There are more than 12 million adults and children around the world in forced labor, including those forced to provide sex. The United States has put 52 countries on a watch list, suspected of not doing enough to combat human trafficking. These countries could face sanctions unless they improve their records.</p>
<p><a title="E Benjamin Skinner" href="http://acrimesomonstrous.com/information/author" target="_blank">E. Benjamin Skinner</a>, a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, and author of &#8220;A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern Slavery,&#8221; joins Martin Savidge to discuss modern slavery and how the economic crisis is playing into the problem of human trafficking.</p>
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<listpage_excerpt>Increasing unemployment and poverty are making people more vulnerable to human traffickers, according to the State Department&#8217;s annual report on human trafficking released Tuesday. E. Benjamin Skinner of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy discusses modern slavery.</listpage_excerpt>
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