How people escape modern-day slavery in Pakistan

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Millions of people in Pakistan are trapped at brick kilns paying off debts that mysteriously keep growing. We followed one family's journey out.

An East Coast restaurant chain has been ordered to pay $11.4 million back to more than 1,300 employees over claims it paid staff below minimum wage

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Close-up of chefs hands holding a saute pan to cook food, flambeing contents. Flames rising from the pan.

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These skills could earn you more money and help futureproof your career

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Some experts say workers will need to learn AI skills if they want to prosper.

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Chipotle says it's going to hike prices to help pay for new $20 per hour wage hike for workers in California

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A customer pays for their food at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant on April 26, 2023 in Austin, Texas.
Chipotle said it hadn't decided yet about a price increase in California.

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How limestone kilns are slowly killing entire families in Pakistan

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Thousands of workers in southern Pakistan spend their lives mining and cooking limestone. The process releases plumes of toxic smoke, polluting the environment and poisoning workers.

The marketing failure that's going to kill us all

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Amid the rising tide of the ocean's waves are floating ephemera of environmental marketing: A large orange billboard that says
Campaigns to help the environment aren't working. We need better messaging.

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The pay penalty for becoming a teacher is worse than ever

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Teacher and students in a classroom

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I went from making $9.50 an hour to almost $100K a year at UPS without having a college degree. I'm grateful that my 21 years at the company have paid off.

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A UPS driver stepping into his truck after making a delivery.
Worker not pictured.

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Steep wage hikes for union workers mark the 'final echo' of the inflation surge, Goldman Sachs says

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image of striking actors holding up picket signs in Hollywood
SAG-AFTRA union members went on strike Friday.

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Biden's economic policies have quietly made peoples' lives better — and no one seems to care

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Prince George's Community College on September 14, 2023 in Largo, Maryland.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Prince George's Community College on September 14, 2023 in Largo, Maryland.

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