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Protesters and security stand in front of Delaney Hall, a recently re-opened immigration detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, on May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Jun 3, 2025

Supreme Court to hear appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages

The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and were paid $1 a day in Colorado.

A customer picks up a drink at a Starbucks in Seattle on June 28, 2023.(AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Apr 25, 2025

Labor group sues Starbucks, saying it ignores slave-like conditions for workers in Brazil

Starbucks faces a lawsuit over claims it sourced coffee from Brazilian farms cited for labor trafficking and slave-like working conditions.