Hannah Dreier

A reporter’s questions pulled her into the subculture of wildland firefighting. Policy changes followed.

U.S. Wildfire Fighters to Mask Up After Decades-Long Ban on Smoke Protections

He started fighting wildfires as a teenager. After inhaling smoke on the front lines for six seasons, he faced an impossible choice.

The U.S. Forest Service has fought decades of efforts to better protect its crews — sending them into smoke without masks or warnings about the risks.

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.

Many sponsors were inadequately vetted and safety checks went unfulfilled, an independent watchdog found. Children ended up in dangerous jobs across the country.

McDonald’s, Costco and other major brands say they are stepping up efforts to keep minors from the grueling, often dangerous work that goes into their products.

Data shows where a record number of unaccompanied children traveling to the U.S. from Central America and other countries have ended up.

Private auditors have failed to detect migrant children working for U.S. suppliers of Oreos, Gerber baby snacks, McDonald’s milk and many other products.

Migrant children, put to work in one of the nation’s most dangerous jobs, are falling and dying.