Trained as a sociologist, Lewis Hine picked up a camera and trained it on the cheap labor performed by children in American factories and on farms. The exploitation shocked the public, Hine’s poetic ...

On September 26, 151 years ago, Lewis Hine was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He was a teacher who became a pioneering photographer, defending children’s right to education by denouncing child labour ...

Legislatures in 16 states, Florida prominent among them, have been deliberating rolling back child labor laws. In some cases, major steps have already been taken to loosen restrictions on work by kids ...