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End Internships
The unpaid internship system is unfair to students and exploitative to workers — young women in particular. By Malcolm Harris…
4 Ways You Can Seek Back Pay for an Unpaid Internship
Think you’re entitled to be paid for your unpaid internship? Here are resources you should know about.
How the Labor Department Has Let Companies Off the Hook for Unpaid Internships
Four years after warning for-profit companies about unpaid internships, the agency has investigated relatively few employers for wage violations.
The Labor Department Finally Takes a Stand on Unpaid Internships
The federal agency asks the Second Circuit to crack down on for-profit employers that refuse to pay.
Journalism Internship Coordinator Says Paid Positions Have Dropped by Nearly Half
As part of an ongoing investigation into the role colleges and universities play in the intern economy, ProPublica spoke with an internship coordinator to learn more about the process of developing a program.
The ‘Exploitative’ Internship Economy
Law professor and intern labor rights advocate David Yamada shares his take on Condé Nast’s decision to end its internship program and the debate over intern rights and wages.
A Journalism Program That Offers Students Internships With Prestige, But No Paycheck
Colleges have used internships as a way to prepare their students for the professional world, but they’re also collecting tuition for unpaid programs.
Lean In’s Call for an Unpaid Intern May Not Be Ethical, but It’s Perfectly Legal
Does an unpaid position go against everything Lean In, founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, is supposed to stand for?