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Labor Exploitation

Bonjean, Daedone, Cherwitz, and Cohen | screenshot from @GOBactual/X

Sex

A First Amendment Right To Preach Orgasm?

As the prosecution rests in the OneTaste case, the defense lays out the free speech implications if the government succeeds.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.4.2025 11:25 AM

OneTaste co-founder Nicole Daedone and former head of sales Rachel Cherwitz | Nicole Daedone/Facebook

Sex

At 'Orgasmic Meditation' Trial, Feds Can't Find a Clitoris—or Evidence of Forced Labor

The government has been putting sexuality, sexual labor, and unorthodox ideas about sex on trial.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.14.2025 12:45 PM

Black and white stripes and a pink outline seen in the background with black shadowing in the foreground and the image of a woman holding up her hands near her face across the image | Illustration: Lex Villena; Isselee, Inara Prusakova, Dreamstime, Inara Prusakova

Sex

The Weak, Weird Case Against a Supposed 'Orgasm Cult'

Snakes. Magic. Orgasmic meditation. And a dubious federal case against the leaders of a supposed sex cult.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.19.2025 8:59 AM

the Xenomorph from "Alien" | 20th Century Studios

Science Fiction

Alien: Romulus Is a Slick, Empty Franchise Pastiche

The taut, grisly new entry plays like a greatest-hits reel.

Peter Suderman | 8.16.2024 10:18 AM

John Stossel stands in front of a map of the world | Stossel TV

Free Trade

Trump and Biden Both Get Globalization Wrong

Free trade brings us more stuff at lower prices.

John Stossel | 4.3.2024 12:30 AM

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China

Banning Chinese Products in the Name of 'National Security' Could Have Disastrous Consequences

It would result in shortages, decreases in productivity, and higher production costs affecting millions of American workers and nearly every consumer.

Veronique de Rugy | 3.23.2023 2:35 PM

young men exercising on an orange background with the words mandatory national service | Illustration: Lex Villena; J.L. Sousa, Register/ZUMA Press/Newscom

National Service

Mandatory National Service Is a Morally Bankrupt Idea

Frederick Douglass compared compelled labor to slavery. That objection still stands.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.12.2022 7:00 AM

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Movies

With Free Guy, Hollywood Gives Us a Video Game Movie About the Thrills of, Uh, Labor Disputes

Ryan Reynolds stars as a video game character who discovers his whole life is a lie.

Peter Suderman | 8.13.2021 8:01 AM

Screen Shot 2021-05-19 at 7.33.11 AM | Consumers' Research ad screenshot

Reason Roundup

New Campaign Against 'Woke Companies' Slams Them for Not Being Woke Enough

Plus: DOJ ditches bid to unmask Devin Nunes parody account, a fight for food truck freedom in Florida, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.19.2021 9:39 AM

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Human Trafficking

Selling Drugs to Sex Workers Could Be Human Trafficking Under the Senate's New 'PROTECT Act'

The bipartisan bill says "using drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act" or in any kind of labor counts as human trafficking.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.6.2019 10:30 AM

Large image on homepages | SCOTT S. HAMRICK/KRT/Newscom

Human rights

ACLU Accuses Poultry Processing Prison Camp of Human Trafficking

Court-ordered program provides slave labor to private companies says new ACLU of Oklahoma lawsuit.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.2.2017 3:30 PM

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Labor Exploitation

The Real 'Modern Slavery'? Inside America's Court-Ordered Corporate Labor Camps

Under the guise of getting addicts treatment, courts are ordering people to do dangerous and unremunerated labor in "diversion" factory farms.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.5.2017 11:28 AM

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Labor Exploitation

Will the New York Times' Labor Reporting Ever Get the Facts Straight?

After an embarrassing correction, the paper mangles the details again.

Jim Epstein | 4.20.2017 4:20 PM

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Regulation

Choking the Giggity Economy: If Strippers Are Employees, Can Uber Drivers Be Far Behind?

New York court rules aren't independent contractors, despite facts that could also point to "contrary result."

Nick Gillespie | 8.30.2016 9:56 AM

Large image on homepages | "Lemonade"

Third World

Beyoncé's 'Sweatshops' Help the Poor

Workers in the Bangladesh garment factory make more than their neighbors.

David Harsanyi | 5.20.2016 12:01 AM

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Free Markets

Free Markets Linked to Less Human Trafficking

Score one for capitalism and economic liberalization: countries with freer markets handle human trafficking better, say researchers.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.18.2016 1:50 PM

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