Guess Who’s the Only 2016 Presidential Candidate Who Pays His Interns?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Feb 17, 2016 Some candidates running for president wax poetic about the student debt crisis, but only one of them is willing to pay his interns. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Unpaid Interns Can Collect Back Pay Without Hurting Their Careers

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2014 After a year scrutinizing the intern economy, ProPublica's internship investigation is coming to an end. But before signing off, we wanted to do our own end-of-semester review. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Four Ways You Can Seek Back Pay for an Unpaid Internship

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2014 Think you’re entitled to be paid for your unpaid internship? Here are resources you should know about. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How the Labor Department Has Let Companies Off the Hook for Unpaid Internships

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2014 Four years ago, the Labor Department clarified the rules that make unpaid internships legal, but employers continue to enjoy lax enforcement and free labor. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Interns of New York City, Rejoice! You’re Now Protected Against Sexual Harassment and Discrimination

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2014 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Internship Dead End

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 17, 2014 Young people like Andrew Lang are trapped in a "cycle of internships with little pay and no job offers," The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Plight of Unpaid Interns

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2013 The lack of laws protecting interns from exploitation has left millions of young Americans without options; it doesn't matter what the definition of a "journalist" is, just that all acts of journalism are protected; meanwhile, as tea partyers attack Obamacare, why is no one in Congress talking about Medicare's benefits? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Minimum Wage

Milt Priggee, Cagle Cartoons, www.miltpriggee.com Aug 19, 2013 Dig deeper

How We Talk About North Korea

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: How the media cover -- and promote -- war, Robert Scheer defends the messenger, AP disappears 'illegal' immigrants, and America's office slaves, otherwise known as interns, rise up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

It’s Just Business: How Corporate America Made Slaves of the Young

Christian Neumeister / Truthdig Aug 9, 2012 Companies across the nation are gleefully denying interns fair wages for their work, in flagrant violation of long-standing labor law, and have the nerve to tell the world they are doing these people a favor.A disturbing percentage of U.S. companies accepts as routine the illegal work of unpaid interns. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Perpetuating Modern Day Slavery

Howie Stier / Truthdig Aug 2, 2012 Soliciting a modern day slave to write about modern day slaves? Great concept for an improv comedy sketch. Although it might seem sad, and funny, it's exactly what an advertiser on a media job board has done. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Grads of 2012

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star May 22, 2012 Dig deeper