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Child Labor
April 18, 2023
Prem Thakker
Iowa Senate Rolls Back Child Labor Law in the Dead of Night
While most of their constituents were asleep, Iowa Republicans voted to make it easier to hire minors to work in places like meat freezers.
March 22, 2023
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Timothy Noah
GOP’s Idea of Youth: Little League? Proms? Try Working in a Slaughterhouse and Marrying at 10.
Republicans have declared war on children, and Democrats should talk more forthrightly about it.
March 8, 2023
Tori Otten
Ohio Senate Passes Bill Loosening Child Labor Protections
The bill is likely to become law, as Republicans control the Ohio Senate, House, and governorship.
March 8, 2023
Prem Thakker
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Law Making Child Labor Easier
Save the children (or not).
February 28, 2023
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Timothy Noah
The Shocking, Sickening Reality of Child Labor in America
Large corporations have made the enforcement of labor protections for frontline, low-wage workers other people’s problem.
December 3, 2019
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Liza Featherstone
The Failure of the Adults
Teenage activists like Greta Thunberg are uncomfortable reminders that the grown-ups have failed the next generation.
May 24, 2018
Sarah Jones
Trump’s War on Labor Now Includes Teens
By shrinking the regulatory state, the administration is putting young, vulnerable workers at risk.
February 23, 2015
Jennifer Sky
When Will the Fashion Industry Treat Underage Models Like the Children They Are?
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