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Mary Babic has done communications for Oxfam for several years, producing numerous reports and pieces for the U.S. domestic program.
Previously, she worked for labor unions and progressive nonprofits.
She has degrees from Harvard and Boston University.
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Politics of Poverty
This year, the Best States to Work Index charts a new way that states are actively moving BACKWARD: by weakening restrictions on child labor. That’s right: child labor.
Politics of Poverty
Writers. Actors. Hotel workers. And soon, most likely, Teamsters. It’s the summer of strikes, when hundreds of thousands of unionized workers are flexing their muscle of collective action. Why is this erupting with flash and heat in such a brutal summer?
Politics of Poverty
Honestly? This is simple. It’s very, very hot outside—much hotter than it used to be, much hotter than it should be—sizzling, scorching, scalding. When it gets this hot, people who have to work outside should be protected with simple measures: shade, water, rest. So why did the state with the highest number of worker heat fatalities just roll back the few flimsy protections it had in place?