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The Worst Wildfires in U.S. History
Cheapism via AOL· 10 months agoBloomberg Creative / Getty Images Scorched Earth Over the past few years, millions of acres of land have been destroyed by deadly wildfires, whether...
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 4 weeks agoBlas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to...
PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - Aug 1
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoAug 1 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. - U.S. House Speaker Nancy ...
Pig heart transplants, nuclear siren scare, white bison return: News from around our 50 states
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlabama Florence: A prisoner who prompted a nationwide manhunt when he disappeared from a jail this...
The Most Beautiful Cornhole Set in America Was Made in Maine’s Maximum Security Prison
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US is slow to mandate fair conditions for prison labor
Newsy via AOL· 1 year agoFrom uniforms to bed sheets to state flags, U.S. prisons have a long history of profiting from prison labor. The Bureau of Prisons, which houses federal inmates, sells products through its company Unicor. Unicor brought in $528 million in 2021 alone.
The food on your table, brought to you by prison labor
Stacker via AOL· 2 months agoThe Marshall Project found that incarcerated workers help produce some of America's most popular...
'It's an American story': A retired Spokane educator tells the story of the 'Triple Nickles,' Black...
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 18—Retired educator Robert L. "Bob" Bartlett watched earlier this month as the nation's focus was directed back to World War II and the Japanese bombing of America with balloons, and an ...
