There are More Slaves Today Than Ever Before

So says Benjamin Skinner, currently a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and previously a special assistant to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke.

This interview with Skinner highlights the horrific incidence of human bondage, slavery and trafficking worldwide, an issue virtually off the radar screen of American and international policymakers.

While left unsaid, it also points to the huge failure of international human rights organizations, NGOs and especially the United Nations in protecting the world's most vulnerable souls from human degradation.

For a change, here is an issue that transcends politics and the right/left divide.