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Child Labor Is Still Common in the United States

In 2021 alone, the Department of Labor uncovered 2,819 violations of child labor laws.

The Union-Busting Roots of the Oscars

Giving filmmakers and actors awards was a ploy to keep them from organizing.

Some Students Are Selling Body Parts to Pay for Their Education

College students are using blood plasma money to pay down their student debt.

A Brief Timeline of School Segregation in the US

From the end of the Civil War to today

How Do I Navigate Mental Health Issues at Work?

Sometimes your job itself can be the problem.

We Left Our Loved Ones for Promised Jobs That Didn’t Exist

Hemant paid $20,000 for a job that was supposed to grant him a green card.

Long COVID Is Keeping So Many Young People Out of Work

It’s hard to do your job when you’re exhausted, in pain, or emotionally depleted.

This Radical Reporter Dedicated Her Life to Fighting the System

"I idolized women like Marvel Cooke," Angela Davis tells Teen Vogue.

Should Your Employer Be Able to Stop You From Getting a New Job?

A federal agency is saying absolutely not.

Working for My Private College Radicalized Me

I realized colleges care about the bottom line above all else.

Teen Vogue’s 10 Best Op-eds of 2022

It has been a ~year.~

How the Women of the 9 to 5 Movement Changed History

Influenced by civil rights and the feminist movement, we wanted rights and we wanted respect.

Is Unlimited Paid Time Off a Scam?

On paper, it sounds great. In practice, it’s often a different story.

Inside the Longest Adjunct Faculty Strike in US History

New School students are occupying a campus building to bring the university to the bargaining table.

This Tabletop RPG Raises Money for Unionizing Starbucks Workers

The game “Cosmic Latte” shows that the way to win is to unionize.

University of California Strike May Be Biggest in Higher Ed History

Some strikers say that living on UC wages put them in housing insecurity.

Teachers Can’t Live on What They’re Earning

“I really think you have to experience it to know.”

All the Ways That Workers Won in the 2022 Midterms

Several pro-labor ballot initiatives and amendments passed.

The Dangerous, Invisible Work of Being a Teen Farmworker

As many as 500,000 kids age 17 and younger work in America’s fields.