Ayana Explains It All

Ayana Explains Why Child Labor is Not Making a Comeback

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It never left.  We have never been without an exploitative child labor class, those cute round eyes and rosy cheeks are hard to resist.  Well, turns out, that rosy hue is from chemical burns.


Sources used in the making of this episode:

  1. "Arkansas Governor Sanders signs measure rolling back child labor protections." NBCNews.com. Rose Horowitch. 03/8/2023.
  2. Hannah Dreier, Twitter.  
  3. "Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S." NYTimes.com. Hannah Dreier. 02/25/2023. 
  4. "Feds Expand Probe Into Migrant Child Labor In Slaughterhouses."  NBCNews.com. Julia Ainsley and Laura Strickler. 03/01/2023.
  5. "Child Labor Making a Comeback." TimesFreePress.com, Deborah Levine. 02/23/2023.
  6. "Over 100 Children Illegally Employed by US Slaughterhouse Cleaning Firm." Guardian.com, Maya Yang. 02/17/2023.
  7. "Child Workers Found Throughout Hyundai-Kia Supply Chain in Alabama." Reuters.com. Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Joshua Schneyer. 12/16/2022.
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    Ayana Explains It AllBy Ayana R. Fakhir