Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

Lacking an available pool of migrant labor, the United Stated has historically turned to another vulnerable ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced a $250,000 settlement Wednesday to end a human trafficking lawsuit alleging owners of a bilingual preschool lured foreign-born employees to Texas with ...

AUSTIN — The Texas labor market achieved a new record-high level for jobs and the civilian labor force in December. The state added 37,500 positions over the month, reaching a total of 14,318,700 ...

Prisons can force inmates to work for little or no wage under the 13th Amendment, and private prison corporations stand to profit from cheap prison labor ... in Texas, Georgia and Arkansas ...

Additionally, in Texas, Georgia and Arkansas, prisoners are forced to work for free. Given the number of incarcerated individuals in the U.S., the private prison industry is in an opportune position ...

AgTech startup Bonsai Robotics has raised $15 million to develop machines that can navigate orchards on their own to harvest almonds and other produce, helping address labor shortages that risk ...