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May 10, 2023
Is This the Most Dangerous Right-Wing Think Tank You’ve Never Heard Of?
Meet the Foundation for Government Accountability.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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April 21, 2023
Want to Manufacture Explosives? Soon You Can Hire Teenagers to Do It.
The Iowa state Senate recently ratified a bill that would lower age minimums for workers and reduce liability for companies with unsafe working conditions.
Chris Lehmann
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March 16, 2023
Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws?
Rolling back restrictions on child labor and dismantling public education will make the country far more unequal. For today’s GOP, that’s a feature, not a bug.
Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire
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March 14, 2023
The GOP Has Become the Pro–Child Labor Party
How a new economy of exploitation is rolling back protections—for profit.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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March 10, 2023
The Horrifying and Shameful Return of Child Labor
Bipartisan buck-passing and a ramshackle immigration system have revived Victorian degradation.
Jeet Heer
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March 12, 2020
Disney Is Not the Greatest Place on Earth to Work
On the occasion of CEO Robert Iger’s departure, it’s a good time to remember the messed-up ways in which Walt Disney Company makes its money.
Peter Dreier
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December 26, 2019
The Left Case for Fertility Awareness
No pill, intrauterine device, or ultra-ribbed piece of rubber could provide the sexual liberation I experience practicing a method associated with anti-choice religious zealots.
Megan Magray
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May 15, 2018
The Child Labor in Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Fields
A global demand for tobacco is fueling this scourge.
Michelle Chen
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May 23, 2017
Is Banning Child Labor Really That Controversial?
Child labor can’t be outlawed by fiat—it needs to be defeated by economic empowerment for whole communities.
Michelle Chen
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December 12, 2016
These Photos Show the People Who Turn a Cotton Plant Into Your Jeans
Following the path of cotton from Burkina Faso to Bangladesh to your local mall.
Meta Krese and Jošt Franko