Children and Childhood – Page 16

Tyson and Perdue Are Facing Child Labor Investigations

The Labor Department has opened inquiries into whether migrant children were working inside slaughterhouses owned by the poultry-processing giants.

Tragedies abound at the confluence of two crises: the desperate need for housing and the shortage of quality child care.

A neighbor said that the apartment had been renovated before the home-based facility opened, and workers had installed a new floor.

Low-income people who wrongly lost Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage will keep their insurance, federal officials said.

A Times investigation looked into the exploitation of young migrants.