NAHRIN, Afghanistan — On weekdays, when most kids around the world are at school, 12-year-old Mansour is in the middle of a grueling shift at the coal mines. Deep inside a tunnel carved into the ...

About a fifth of the coal miners in Central Appalachia have black lung. And from 1970 to 2016, more than 75,000 died.

“LET’S F–KING GO CHILD LABOR IS BACK BABY! GET THOSE F–KERS IN THE MINES.” The post received over 420 likes in a month. The issue crossed state lines the following month, when Arkansas ...

3, 2018, with the headline “The searing photos that helped end child labor in America.” He arrived at the coal mines, textile mills and industrial factories dressed in a three-piece suit.

But it’s led to exploitation of children who are often poor and take work in small, illegal mines to support themselves ... has documented widespread child labor practices across Nasarawa ...

Americans want to work in the coal mines, according to the president. “One thing I learned about the coal miners is that’s what they want to do,” Trump said. “You could give them a ...