child labor

‘I have to work to help my family’: Child laborers in Raqqa face dangerous conditions

April 10, 2024Syria dispatches

The campaign to liberate Raqqa in northeastern Syria from ISIS in 2017 left the city in ruins. Today, children make up a significant portion of the workforce that is rebuilding the city. One family knows the dangers of this work firsthand.

Sonita Alizadeh sings inside of the recording studio at her high school in Utah.

Once a child laborer in Iran, now a high school student in Utah

September 28, 2015Culture

Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls' rights to education, and Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Meet the Nobel Peace Prize winner you don’t know

October 10, 2014Global Politics