Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations
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Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations

Perdue Farms and JBS have settled with the Labor Department after relying on migrant children to do dangerous work in their slaughterhouses. Most of the money will be used to help the children.
What Trump’s Re-Election Could Mean for Animals
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What Trump’s Re-Election Could Mean for Animals

A second Trump administration could alter the lives of all sorts of animals, whether they live in laboratories, zoos, fields or forests.
Kennedy’s Vow to Take On Big Food Could Face Resistance
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Kennedy’s Vow to Take On Big Food Could Face Resistance

Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s corporate-friendly goals.