Child labor in America today

In 1874, dozens of little girls died in a fire in a cotton mill in Fall River, Massachusetts.

National outrage ensued . . . but child labor wasn’t truly reformed for another sixty years.

What does that have to do with today? Plenty, argues Chris Chriswold in National Affairs.

Once again, children’s welfare is being disregarded for the sake of maximizing profits . . .

. . . and once again, reform solutions are moving slowly and ineffectually.

Griswold explains: “Like all social-media users, children are not so much the customer as they are the labor.”

They produce the content that other children consume. Eyeballs on screens = shareholder gains.

Does the comparison of Instagram and 19th-century sweatshops seem like a stretch?

You might not think so when you see the facts: skyrocketing rates of depression . . . eating disorders . . . self-harm . . . sexual abuse.

Griswold proposes practical solutions policymakers can take today to protect children from social media.

You can read them all — and why he’s concerned that reform will once again be too slow — right here.

What comes after Weimar decadence . . .
 

“Something big is happening to us,” Rod Dreher cautions in The American Conservative. “Something very big.”

Diplomats and bankers marching behind twerking transexuals during “Pride month” . . . families torn apart by gender ideology . . . Navy officers retiring in disgust . . .

The demoralization of the West is in full swing.

Pride month celebrations just make clear how easily commercialized moral decadence is in our atomized society.

“History shows that what comes after this efflorescence of decadence is horrible,” Dreher writes.

“Either the West will step back from the brink, or we will face something worse than most of us living in the West today have ever seen.”

Do you share his concerns? See what you think after taking in the full picture.

American Economic Forum: July 29-30, Washington, D.C.

ISI invites you to our 2022 American Economic Forum, to be held July 29-30 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., to hear leading conservative politicians, intellectuals, and thought leaders debate the best way for conservatives in 2022 to apply fundamental economic principles to our current crises.

For a limited time, students register for free. And if you’re under 30, weekend tickets are only $50.
 

The speakers include:

• Congressman Jim Banks
• Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts
• Former Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer
• Acton Institute Research Director Dr. Samuel Gregg
• ResPublica Director Phillip Blond
• And many more

You’ll hear panel discussions on a range of important topics, including: cronyism in the administrative state, China geonomics, big tech censorship, woke capital, middle-class prosperity, and more.

This is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
 

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