The West Virginia couple, who are white, forced their adopted children, who are Black, to perform heavy labor and stand for ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple convicted in the mistreatment of their adopted children, including locking ...

A West Virginia judge tears into the "reprehensible and narcissistic" defense of the white couple she says have shown no remorse nor apologized for the allegations of abuse of the adopted Black ...

In January, a jury found Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz guilty on multiple counts of forced labor, human ...

Several users argued the girl shown using the cardboard folding tool is too young to start doing chores, with one commenting: "CHILD LABOR BACK IN?!" “Seriously? This kid has their entire life ...

Millions work in India alone, as documented in the Human Rights Watch 2003 report, Small Change: Bonded Child Labor in India's Silk Industry, and 1996 report, The Small Hands of Slavery ...

One thing is universal: whether they are growing coffee or cocoa, rice or corn, all parents want their children to get the best start in life. Unfortunately, child labor – legally defined as work that ...

Still, this galvanizing employment trend seemingly has an underbelly, as the recent boost in child labor law violations highlights. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter ...