Labor Rights

A State Department report details trends in human trafficking. Find out which countries are making progress to stop the practice.

Human trafficking affects 25 million people around the world today. Learn more about how to spot it in your community and help those in need.

Cuba sends thousands of medical professionals to 60 countries, but not for altruistic reasons. Learn what's really happening with these missions.

Venezuela's gold mines are controlled by armed groups who instill fear in communities and force miners to work at gunpoint.

Workers in Iran are tired of working without pay. But they risk lashes and prison time if they peacefully protest for their unpaid wages.

Uyghur Muslims are forced to work in factories for little or no pay as the Chinese government continues its crackdown in Xinjiang.

Learn more about the past, present and future U.S. workforce — and what that means for economic prosperity around the world.

Iran's Islamic Republic hands out "lashing" sentences based on its penal code. Learn who is punished in this cruel and barbaric manner and why.

The Cuban Communist Party has failed to deliver on the promises of the revolution that ushered it into power 60 years ago.