In October 2012, when Hershey's announced it would "certify" all its cocoa by 2020, the corporate candy giant received lukewarm applause for finally publically acknowledging its sourcing of cocoa from plantations that exploit child labor.
Keep these attractions in mind to see after the 150th Anniversary hoopla dies down. Gettysburg will still be there, but the crowds won't.
Those not in the know, call a Mallomar a "cookie." They don't understand.
If we really want to end child labor and slavery in the West African cocoa industry, paying farmers half of a penny more per bar would go a long way in doing that.
Research firm NetBase delves into the popularity of everyone's favorite Valentine's Day confection -- chocolate -- in its most recent analysis of onli...
Foreign students who claimed they toiled under abusive conditions at a Pennsylvania plant handling Hershey candies last year have won over $200,000 in...
This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Will Evans The companies that make those candy bars leftover from Halloween don't want Califo...
* Pension fund could sue Hershey, directors * African cocoa sector uses forced labor, children -study * Whole Foods drop...
My family is breaking up with commercial chocolate, or buying fair trade. I hope you will, too.
While the Labor Day holiday is meant to give us time to reflect on the victories in human progress that were hard-fought by the Union movement, it is also a great time to check in on the "excluded workers" movement.
Want to live out your Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory fantasies? Turns out you can! Inspired by the 1971 musical, The Daily Meal checked out all o...
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Amid the Easter weekend surge in candy sales, AIDS activists Friday stepped up their calls for a boycott of Hershey candy to protes...
For one, what sort of "international cultural exchange program" involves the participants doing manual labor in a factory? What is so "culturally" beneficial about lifting cases of Kit-Kats on the graveyard shift at a Hershey plant?
JOLIET, Ill., and FONTANA, Calif. -- Like nearly everyone else in Joliet without good job prospects, Uylonda Dickerson eventually found herself at the...
Amusement parks in Pennsylvania are historic, diverse and representative of the Keystone State's unique character. As part of a Huffington Post Travel...
Photo Credit: Small Kitchen College Do you know what it means to have a sibling 6 years younger than you are? Aside from being super confused when ...
In July, I had the great pleasure of being one of the judges for the Microsoft Partners In Learning 2011 U.S. Innovative Educators Forum.
WASHINGTON -- Whatever their expectations were for their big summer in America, hundreds of young students from Eastern Europe and Asia wound up worki...
WASHINGTON -- A group of experts on labor and international law assembled in Hershey, Pa., on Friday to investigate claims from foreign students that ...
HERSHEY, Pa. — Foreign students working at a candy warehouse protested conditions and pay Thursday, chanting on Chocolate Avenue under streetlig...
WASHINGTON -- Three Pennsylvania labor leaders were detained by police Wednesday during a protest of working conditions for foreign students at a Hers...
Two months ago in Arizona, Michelle and John Bjorklund gave away most of their furniture. The rest of their personal belongings they packed into color...
Hacking stories have not been hard to come by recently. Hacking is difficult and illegal, so most people don't do it without a solid reason. Often, th...
When Leroy S. Zimmerman was named in late 2002 to the board of the small state-chartered Pennsylvania bank that managed the assets of the Hershey char...
Hershey's has recently debuted a new riff on its chocolate bars and kisses: aerated chocolate. "Your taste buds have never experienced chocolate bubbl...
