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Labor Exploitation

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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

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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

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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

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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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