Layoffs Expand at Federal Agencies, Part of Trump Purge
Mass firings have rocked multiple agencies as President Trump and Elon Musk ramp up plans to drastically slash and reshape ...
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2. How COVID-19 changed U.S. workplaces
Kim Parker contributed to this chapter. The COVID-19 pandemic sent shockwaves through the U.S. labor market. Businesses ...
Report Calls Out Worker Exploitation and Child Labor in Bangladesh
Though Bangladesh has increased oversight and auditing in factories to reduce child labor, the study found that for every 15 ...
ICE Raids Send Chill Through Migrant Workforces
The Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants is causing headaches for businesses that rely on foreign-born ...
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In the Face of Overwhelm
We owe it to each other to resist attempts to disorient, divide and distract us from the reality of government takeover by ...
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South Africa’s Worst State-Sponsored Massacre Since Apartheid
In a staggering display of cruelty, South African police laid siege to an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, leaving at ...
Millions of Native people were enslaved in the Americas. Their story waits to be told.
The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...
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The Politics of the Woking Class
Gharbi’s We Have Never Been Woke pinpoints the hypocrisies of professional elites who use social justice jargon as status ...
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Mineral exploitation overshadows green diplomacy in Congo’s Sangha region
The exploitation of natural resources does not seem to be slowing down, and now, the new target appears to be the carbon market. Over the past decade, the environment has become a key pillar of ...
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Supporters of ending ‘slavery’ in Kentucky line up behind Lexington lawmaker’s bill
It can “filter up through the system, creating destruction of health, exploitation of resources, exploitation of labor, destruction of family, destruction of self agency, destruction of dignity, ...
Washington Square News18d
Opinion: The exploitation of prison labor
In New York, chairs in classrooms, street signs and license plates have one thing in common: They are all produced by prison labor. As of 2024, around 1.8 million people were incarcerated in both ...