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Column: Lewis W. Hine's photos helped child labor laws pass a century ago. We need him again
Camera pictures were disruptive ... His book “The Bitter Cry of the Children” fiercely condemned child labor practices, arguing in part that interrupting school with work caused lifelong ...
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These searing photographs helped ban child labor in America — until now
A version of this story first published on Sept. 3, 2018, with the headline “The searing photos that helped end child labor in America.” He arrived at the coal mines, textile mills and ...
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The Photographer Who Forced the U.S. to Confront Its Child Labor Problem
Beginning in 2015, the International Labor Organization urged child laborers in Myanmar to become “young activists” and use their own images and words to create “photo stories”—echoing ...
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Child Labor in America Is Back—and It’s As Chilling as Ever
(AP Photo) EDITOR’S NOTE ... “Little children working,” the visitor replied. Child labor might have shocked that outsider, but it was all too commonplace then across urban, industrial ...
U.S. Sen. Hawley demands Tyson child labor probe. Trump’s cuts to DOL could make that difficult
Federal agencies that enforce labor, environmental and agricultural laws have seen layoffs, budget cuts and attacks on ...
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Child Labor
A lawsuit by the family of a Spokane, Washington boy claims that the youth program the boy participated in, Ranch for Kids, abused and exploited the child for labor instead of helping him.
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Lewis W. Hine’s photos helped child labor laws pass a century ago. We need him again
Camera pictures were disruptive ... His book “The Bitter Cry of the Children” fiercely condemned child labor practices, arguing in part that interrupting school with work caused lifelong ...