Letters From The Wasteland

Letters From The Wasteland

Make It Make Sense: Iowa Edition

Iowa Republicans are the latest in America's farm states to dial back child labor laws to the Civil War era.

Thad Zajac
Apr 19, 2023
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I know that pretty much anything is possible in our very real dystopia, but I never imagined that the MAGA brain worms would sink to this level.

Back in February, NBC News reported on a shocking failure at both the state and federal levels, where numerous child migrants were trafficked, not for sex or drugs, but for working dangerous jobs. 102 children …

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