Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York (left) has pledged to pay her interns $15 an hour. She is seen here with Democratic Rep.-elect Deb Haaland of New Mexico. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc./Getty Images hide caption
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Nathan Dass (left), a computer science major, and Murtaza Bambot, an industrial engineering major, invented InternBlitz at Georgia Tech. Rob Felt hide caption
White House interns are not paid and are expected to work from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former Planet Money intern, Sindhu Gnanasambandan, hoverboarding around the office. Cameron Roberts / NPR hide caption