DES MOINES - More than two years after Iowa lawmakers passed a law loosening work requirements for teens, a study by a progressive advocacy group says the state isn’t doing enough to protect minors in ...

Florida has come up with a bold new strategy to tackle its labor shortage: roll back child labor laws to pick up the slack. In a plot twist that feels ripped straight from a dystopian satire, Florida ...

Trained as a sociologist, Lewis Hine picked up a camera and trained it on the cheap labor performed by children in American factories and on farms. The exploitation shocked the public, Hine’s poetic ...

Child labor is back. What will we do about it? A dark shadow from America's past is re-emerging. The U.S. Labor Department's shocking revelation of a 37% increase in child labor violations isn't just ...

While many Americans might be under the impression that child labor is deemed illegal across the country, many states have never approved an amendment that would limit the practice nationwide. New ...