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Child labor
Child labor news and analysis from The Nation
May 15, 2018
A global demand for tobacco is fueling this scourge.
May 23, 2017
Child labor can’t be outlawed by fiat—it needs to be defeated by economic empowerment for whole communities.
December 12, 2016
Following the path of cotton from Burkina Faso to Bangladesh to your local mall.
November 30, 2016
Under her leadership, the Department of Labor routinely ignored complaints about wage theft and workplace safety.
August 15, 2016
India’ s new child-labor bill is a cause for celebration for the bosses, not children and human-rights advocates.
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February 23, 2016
Congress just passed legislation to close a loophole that’s allowed Americans to import slave-made goods for decades.
July 1, 2015
The free market won’t break the country’s manufacturers’ reliance on forced labor, child labor, and dismal wages.
December 22, 2014
An estimated half-million to 1.5 million children are involved in the cocoa trade.
October 22, 2014
The Indian Nobel Peace Prize winner has repeatedly risked his life fighting child labor and sweatshop abuses.
October 10, 2014
Don’t overlook the fact that Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai have challenged economic and political elites, including multinational corporations and President Obama.
