States eye child labor to fill jobs (Full show)

Some states intend to weaken child labor protections as a direly needed solution to the hiring shortage as millions of Americans strike for better pay and conditions. Bills under consideration will allow younger workers to work longer hours. Critics of the policy point to research demonstrating the adverse impact of child labor on academic performance and behavior. So are America’s youth standing at the threshold of new opportunities, or at the brink of exploitation? RT America’s John Huddy reports. Then Prof. Richard Wolff, host of “The Economic Update“ weighs in. He calls it “shameful,“ exploitative, historically retrograde and “downright perverse.“ Artists involved in the reimagining of the iconic Superman as a bisexual who eschews “the American way“ for “a better tomorrow“ were suddenly in need of heightened police protection when the deluge of criticism that greeted their provocative update included worrying death threats. Author and filmm