Labor
A person’s labor is deeply intertwined with their economic status, quality of life, and access to basic resources like food and clothing. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Labor” feature reporting that covers the rights of workers, efforts to organize labor unions and worker advocacy groups, modern slavery, and other forms of worker exploitation. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on labor.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalists: Vivienne Walt and Sebastian Meyer
Cobalt is a vital mineral needed for the production of rechargeable batteries. Two thirds of the...
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Child Labor and Your Smartphone
Did Congolese Children Help Make Your Batteries? Vivienne Walt and Sebastian Meyer In the Democratic...
August 30, 2018 -
Project
The Race for Cobalt
Vivienne Walt and Sebastian Meyer traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to most of the...
![On July 24, 2018, a group of demonstrators, including Bisrat Geryasus (second from left), protest Israel's "Deposit Law" outside the country's Supreme Court. Image by Caron Creighton. Israel, 2018. From Caron Creighton's Pulitzer Center student fellow project, "Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel."](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/09-16-18/bisrat_protest.png.webp?h=34bbd072&itok=JUYRkl_u "On July 24, 2018, a group of demonstrators, including Bisrat Geryasus (second from left), protest Israel's "Deposit Law" outside the country's Supreme Court. Image by Caron Creighton. Israel, 2018. From Caron Creighton's Pulitzer Center student fellow project, "Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel."")
