Read a Jan. 29, 2008, Chicago Tribune story about Latino Protestants and their political influences over the ages.

Read a January 2008 interview that Barack Obama gave to Christianity Today, the flagship evangelical magazine, about his faith and his approach to evangelicals as a Democrat.

Read a Nov. 8, 2010 Washington Post article about the studies of Evangelical influence throughout history on the political battle field.

Read an April 1, 2013 article about the close, but not fused, relationship of Evangelical Christians with conservative politics.

Read a Feb. 21, 2013 article about the debate over whether or not the Bible is sufficient enough for evangelicals when addressing public policy issues.

Read a 2012 Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals article about the politically active evangelical community, their influence in the polls and the transformation of their political ideologies throughout history.

Kathleen M. Erndl is an associate professor of religion at Florida State University in Tallahassee. She has written about gender issues and the worship of female deities.

Read “Trafficking in Persons Report 2012,” the annual report by the State Department on global human trafficking.

Read this page, created by the National Conference of State Legislatures, of state laws prohibiting human trafficking and their differences.