The Rollback of Child Labor Laws

In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the push to rollback child labor laws in the United States.

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: 

• Republican legislatures have begun to chip away at protective child labor laws across the country. The New York Times has also reported on how the Biden administration has refused to address child labor abuses. Natalia referenced this Guardian article about Iowa’s rollback of protective labor legislation, and Niki referred to this NPR report. Neil drew on the this New York Times opinion piece.  

In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:

• Natalia discussed her own reaction to a change in Twitter’s “blue check” marker.
• Neil recommended Kathryn Schulz’ New Yorker essay “How One Mother’s Love for Her Gay Son Started a Revolution.”
• Niki shared about the Washington Post piece, “Mistaken Address Shootings Echo Killing of Japanese Teen 30 Years Ago,” and Andrew McKevitt’s forthcoming book, Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America.