Maria Reppas is a freelance writer who lived in Iowa from 1978 to 1999. She lives with her husband and son on the East Coast. Visit her website at www.mariareppas.com.
Over 20 years ago, I got an internship in the White House Press Office, and of course it was unpaid. Paid internships were quite rare in Washington, D.C., even though hundreds of interns had been producing work that was just as valuable as paid staff. But after decades of taking advantage of young people, reinforcing […]
Similar to the rest of the United States, my home state of Iowa cannot make up its mind about how to treat our children and teenagers. In Iowa, children aged 10-15 can legally deliver newspapers and complete other light work for a few hours during the week and more hours on the weekend. Iowans who […]
