Sold in America

Newsy's Noor Tagouri gets an in-depth look at the only legal commercial sex in the U.S., speaking with workers in America's most famous brothel. Then she gets a behind-the-scenes look at the fight for decriminalizing prostitution in the nation's capital.

Across the country, about 15,000 people are trafficked for sex each year. Newsy talks to survivors and explores what can be done to help.

Newsy examines the demand side of the fight against harm in the sex trade and talks to a sex buyer to find out what it took to change his mind.