Exploitation
I Work for Half the Minimum Wage in a British Sweatshop
"The lowest I’ve been paid is when working in 1993 – £1.75 an hour. Today’s workers aren’t paid any better."
It Is High Time We Change the Culture of Internships
Student internships, by design, have been exclusionary and exploitative. We talk to students and experts to assert why there needs to be an urgent change, especially now.
The UK's Modern Slavery Gangs Have Found New Ways to Exploit Their Victims
Under lockdown, trafficked people usually forced to work in brothels and nail salons are being moved further from the public eye.
Experts Worry That the Post-Lockdown World Could See a Surge of Exploitation and ‘Modern Slavery’
More work hours, less breaks, less wages—predictions about the new work culture for those in the unorganised sector make for a chilling picture.
'County Lines' Is About More Than Just Drugs
We spoke to director Henry Blake about his new film on the "going country" phenomenon.
Art Museums Need to Address Colonialist Theft—Not Diversity
The Museum of Modern Art will close this summer to include more works from artists of color. Activists say this does little to reconcile centuries of exploitation.
How 'Slime Rancher' Made a Ton of Money And Stuck to 40-Hour Workweeks
That it's surprising a studio made this a priority tells you everything about the modern state of making video games.
Meet the Launda Dancers
Every year, gay and trans men from northern Bengal make their way to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for one of the oldest traditions in the country. Not all come back. And those who do, are never really the same again.
Sydney's Insane Rental Prices Have Created a Sex-For-Rent Marketplace
We talked to guys who post Gumtree ads like: "All bills and rent paid in exchange for regular sex."
Migrants are dying under the Mafia-like system that controls Italy's tomatoes
Sixteen migrant farm laborers died this month in two separate road crashes within 48 hours of each other in Italy
Over 15,000 People In Australia Live In Slave-Like Conditions
The rates are three times what was previously thought.
A 90-Hour Work Week Is Believable Because Game Development Is Toxic
It doesn't matter if the developers of 'Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor — Martyr' were joking. What matters is people believed it.