While most of their constituents were asleep, Iowa Republicans voted to make it easier to hire minors to work in places like meat freezers.

Republicans have declared war on children, and Democrats should talk more forthrightly about it.

The bill is likely to become law, as Republicans control the Ohio Senate, House, and governorship.

Save the children (or not).

Large corporations have made the enforcement of labor protections for frontline, low-wage workers other people’s problem.

Teenage activists like Greta Thunberg are uncomfortable reminders that the grown-ups have failed the next generation.

By shrinking the regulatory state, the administration is putting young, vulnerable workers at risk.