Rania Khalek Dispatches from the Underclass

Tag / Workers Rights

Across the western United States—from Colorado and Wyoming, to Montana and Washington—there is a growing reliance on prison labor to combat the rising threat of climate change-induced wildfires, which have grown in length, frequency and intensity in recent years. Inmates in California and Nevada are being paid $1 an hour to fight the wildfires. That’s twice […]

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The death toll from the collapse of an eight-story building housing five garment factories in Bangladesh has surpassed 300 with an estimated 40 people still trapped beneath the rubble.

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Diane Ravitch has a must-read blog post about the heroic actions of the six teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary School who died protecting their children. You’ve probably already heard the heart-wrenching stories about teachers using their bodies to shield their little ones from the gunman as almost every news outlet has covered this at length. […]

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