General Essays

The Debate Over Raising Chinese Labor Standards Goes International
Aaron Halegua
Aaron Halegua argues that the international labor movement should have a multi-pronged approach to advancing the labor situation in China, an important part of which focuses on better educating, organizing, and empowering workers to translate legal rights into meaningful changes on the factory floor.

Immigration: Youth Adapt to Change
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco & Carola Suárez-Orozco
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco & Carola Suárez-Orozco advocate for the formulation of a major new policy agenda, backed by sound social science insights, to ease the transition of immigrant children to America.

Local Bans on Trans Fats: A New (and Legal) Way Forward
Sarah Romero
Sarah Romero suggests that more local governments should adopt bans on harmful trans fats, and that legal challenges to the bans are unlikely to succeed.