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Nina Sparling
@ninasparling.bsky.social
writer, reporter. previous work w. PBS/FRONTLINE, USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, Fund for Investigative Journalism. also an award-winning quilter.
Many thanks to @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social for supporting this work, and to editor @jeremybernfeld.bsky.social and photographer Jodi Hilton.

And thank you to the families, doctors, nurses, code enforcement officers, contractors, and more who talked to me for this series.
April 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Reposted by Nina Sparling
In particular you might want to read this incredible investigation from 2023, on pervasive child labor abuses in the fishing industry that target immigrant teens: thepublicsradio.org/article/migr...
Underage and Unprotected: Migrant teens worked in risky jobs in New Bedford seafood processing plants - TPR: The Public's Radio
The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating possible violations of child labor, overtime pay, and anti-retaliation laws at two processors and one Rhode Island-based staffing agency
thepublicsradio.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM