It’s hard to imagine the plight of child labor would again emerge as a major problem in the United States, but that’s exactly what happened this year.

Economic Policy Institute researchers tracked the growing list of states moving to weaken child labor laws, and readers flocked to our research on the topic, making it the most read EPI report published this year.

The economics of abortion bans, teacher pay, and a host of other issues were also among the most read content on our website.

Here are the top five reports and the top five blog posts published this year.

Reports

Blogs