New York Times columnist Nick Kristoff was just featured on NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrooke to discuss 21st century slavery. From the show summary:

“New York Times columnist Nick Kristof is calling for a new abolition movement: the abolition of 21st-century slavery — by which he means sex slavery.

The global sex trafficking of young girls, in numbers greater than the 19th-century Atlantic slave trade ever knew. Girls kidnapped, imprisoned, tortured, maimed and degraded, every hour of every day.

George W. Bush has made a good start on attacking the problem, Kristof says. Barack Obama, he says, should finish it.

This hour, On Point: Sex trafficking, a new century’s slaves, and a new push for abolition.”

You can listen to the full show here: 21st Century Slavery