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Exposing the economics of sex trafficking in the U.S.

A landmark study funded by the Justice Department estimates that the underground sex industry in each of seven U.S. cities generates between $40 million to nearly $300 million a year. Hari Sreenivasan talks to the lead author of the report, Meredith Dank of the Urban Institute.

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President Joe Biden will give an Oval Office address Thursday on the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas war.
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