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    Michael Hiltzik: America vanquished the 'ancient atrocity' of child labor. Republicans are bringing it back

    Among the most heartfelt goals and proudest achievements of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was the eradication of child labor. In 1933, in signing a textile industry code that outlawed the employment of children under 16 in sweatshops, FDR crowed that "after years of fruitless effort and discussion, this ancient atrocity went out in a day." Conservatives and Republicans, who have tried for ...
    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times May 01, 2023 5 minutes
    Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, delivers the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address in Little Rock, Arkansas, Feb. 7, 2023.

    Among the most heartfelt goals and proudest achievements of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was the eradication of child labor.

    In 1933, in signing a textile industry code that outlawed the employment of children under 16 in sweatshops, FDR crowed that "after years of fruitless effort and discussion, this ancient atrocity went out in a day."

    Conservatives and Republicans, who have tried for decades to undo such cornerstones of the New Deal as Social Security, have lately turned their efforts to resurrecting this "ancient atrocity."

    In the last two years, 10 states, mostly Republican-controlled, have enacted or introduced laws rolling back child labor restrictions. Bills to do so have been introduced in six Midwestern states — Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Dakota.

    The charge has been led by Arkansas, where in March Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law repealing a

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