WASHINGTON — The Labor Department is adding a dozen countries to the list of nations that use child labor or forced labor, as officials warn the...
Nations that are fueling the global economic recovery are often the same countries rated as having the worst record of underage workers within their l...
A new iPhone app Free2Work gives consumers the opportunity to know how products are made -- whether they enhance the lives of those who worked on them or condemned them to slavery.
WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), fresh off a re-election victory for an unprecedented third term, went on "The Daily Show" on Monday and raile...
"Freedom" means maximizing freedom, the possibility of controlling our own lives, for all. This may sometimes require restricting the freedom of the powerful to control others.
The more disconnected we are from our bodies, our sexuality and our sensuality, the more perverse we might label the whole idea of pleasure in birth.
We live in cynical times. But even in a day of widespread and flagrant abuse of power, there is a dark side to the operations of the Hershey company that make it particularly egregious.
I could not help but think about my father as I boarded the plane at Andrews Air Force Base to lead the U.S. Presidential Delegation for the Celebration of the Bicentennial of Mexico.
Following recent Catholic abuse reports, I pleaded to the public to let the facts emerge before disparaging the whole Church. It's a shame that this same courtesy has not been extended to Sholom Rubashkin.
HORSHAM, Pa. — Child-labor permits should have been obtained for children appearing on the TLC television show "Jon & Kate Plus 8," but the stat...
Please show your support on the issue of human trafficking by voting for anti-trafficking activist Rani Hong to represent Washington state at the upcoming National Jefferson Awards in Washington, D.C.
In the last nine years, Concern Worldwide and their partners have established 22 schools across Ethiopia, providing education for vulnerable boys and girls.
Child labor is protected from exploitation under The Fair Labor Standards Act, but farm work is excluded. There are now hundreds of thousands of children working on U.S. farms.
Apple admitted to violating child labor laws in one of its own annual reports recently, joining the ranks of Nike, Abercrombie & Fitch, Coca-Cola, and Sesame Street as known child exploiters.
More than half the world's chocolate comes from child laborers in the Ivory Coast and Ghana.
One aspect of the human trafficking equation that does not get the attention it deserves is child trafficking - particularly in the Caribbean.
To understand why what happens to orphaned Haitian children is an important question one must know the extensive background of child slavery in Haiti.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and U.S. Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division has fined Tempel Grain Elevators more than $1.6 m...
Is there pain and strife sewn into one of your rugs? With GoodWeave, a new social-responsibility certification, you'll know the moral fabric of your rug down to every single fiber.
Child slaves are often the unseen hands holding up the economy of the nation, hidden in their places of bondage from the sight of the people buying the work of their labor.
There are certainly many alternatives for purchasing products with greater ethical standards. But let's face it -- parents are busy, disposable incomes are tight, children need stimulation, time is money, and this is America.
To find a bank still readily giving loans during the financial crisis, you need only look as far as a Delhi train station.
Employers who think they can avoid payroll tax and employee benefits by mischaracterizing independent contractors may be in for a surprise. The IRS, Labor Department, and even local state governments may disagree and the consequences can be severe.
An estimated 27 million human beings worldwide today are living lives of exploitation. They are objects of ownership, forgotten as children in need of love, nurturing and protection.
Military control over diamond mining in Zimbabwe's eastern Marange district has resulted in a brutal mix of massacres, forced labour, beatings and rape.
