Press coverage
Not For Sale’s press coverage.
Nearly two decades of reporting on Not For Sale, its founders, and its ventures, across human trafficking, ecocide, and social innovation.
Who has covered Not For Sale, and what our founders have written themselves. The two are labeled separately. Use it to vet us, find your angle, and see which stories have already been told.
Articles
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ArticleThe SunSlavery Compounds: Women Offered Prizes When Scammers Hit QuotasForeign News Reporter Leah Renz interviewed Co-Founder and CEO Mark Wexler for The Sun’s investigation into the industrial-scale cyber-scam compounds along the Thai–Myanmar–Laos border.2026Preview →
ArticleRare Earth ExchangesCritical Minerals Supply ChainCoverage of the Not For Sale × M2i Global partnership to reinforce ethical sourcing in mineral supply chains.2025Preview →
ArticleForbesREBBL, and how magic can power your brandPaul Earle on how REBBL built a consumer brand whose margin funds anti-trafficking work.2018Preview →
ArticleCNBCHerb-infused coconut milk Rebbl raises $20 millionCoverage of REBBL’s $20 million round led by Cavu Venture Partners.2018Preview →
ArticleFast CompanyThese health drinks are also fighting human traffickingHow REBBL’s supply chain and margin structure route capital back into anti-trafficking programs.2018Preview →
ArticleCNNTrafficked women learn to cook at chic restaurantCNN Freedom Project feature on Dignita, the Amsterdam restaurant that trains trafficking survivors.2016Preview →
ArticleVICEMaking Soup with Sex Trafficking Survivors in AmsterdamLong-form reporting from inside Dignita’s kitchen in the Red Light District.2016Preview →
ArticleUSA TODAYTech’s new entrepreneurial approach to philanthropyNot For Sale profiled alongside Facebook, Google, Salesforce, Amazon, Oracle, and Microsoft.2013Preview →
ArticleCNNMLB Players Fighting Modern-Day SlaveryCoverage of Free2Play featuring Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt and Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.2012Preview →
ArticleTechCrunchCauses and Not For Sale Crowdfund REBBLLaunch coverage of the crowdfunding campaign that started REBBL.2012Preview →
ArticleStanford Social Innovation ReviewNew App for Conscious ConsumersStanford Social Innovation Review on Free2Work, the model NGO app for consumer-facing transparency.2012Preview →ArticleFast CompanyFind the child slaves hiding in the grocery storeFree2Work’s A-to-F grading brought supply-chain transparency to the shopping aisle.2011Preview →Video
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VideoREBBLREBBL With a Cause, narrated by Ruby RoseA 35-minute documentary on the venture built to turn consumer purchases into anti-trafficking funding. Fast Company World Changing Ideas Honorable Mention.2019Watch →
VideoVOAVOA Africa: anti-trafficking programs across the continentContinent-wide broadcast coverage of Not For Sale programs in East and Central Africa.2019Watch →
VideoTEDxFurmanUJust Businesses: Modeling a Path to End Modern-Day SlaveryMark Wexler’s TEDx talk on building businesses that out-compete the traffickers.2016Watch →
VideoDocumentaryNot For Sale: a two-part investigative documentaryDirected by Robert Marcarelli, based on Dr. David Batstone’s book. Five continents, 120,000 miles, undercover footage of the trafficking economy.2007Watch →Podcasts
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PodcastM2i GlobalPeople, Planet, and Supply Chain with Mark WexlerHost Alberto Rosende interviews Wexler on the link between human trafficking, forced labor, and the critical minerals supply chain.2025Listen →
PodcastFaith Driven InvestorEpisode 74: Not For Sale with David BatstoneBatstone on the origin of the organization and the economics of building enterprises against trafficking.2020Listen →Awards
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11 in the catalogHuman TraffickingThe criminal economy: compounds, forced labor, the trade itselfRead our reporting on human trafficking →3 in the catalogEcocideThe crime-nature nexus: mining, deforestation, displacementRead our reporting on ecocide →13 in the catalogSocial InnovationThe money: ventures, capital, and organized crimeRead our reporting on social innovation →
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18 outlets have covered our work, and our founders have written for 8 more.
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- Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Sojourners
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