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.

and the abolishment of child labor. Smithsonian Folkways offers a playlist from the Solidarity Sing Along songbook that features several labor songs. Images from the Smithsonian collections document ...

160 million children, almost 1 in 10 worldwide, are engaged in child labor, with 80 million working in hazardous conditions in agriculture, mining, domestic labor, and other sectors. On tobacco ...

Unfortunately, child labor – legally defined as work that interferes with children’s physical and mental development and school attendance - is on the rise for the first time in two decades. In fields ...

One of her key priorities should be taking action to end hazardous child labor. My colleagues and I have researched hazardous child labor on US farms and interviewed children working exhausting 12 ...