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July 15, 2019
Trump Can Always Find Someone Worse
To replace a disgraced secretary of labor, Trump has elevated a sweatshop lobbyist.
Jeet Heer
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October 24, 2017
Could a Global Living Wage Put an End to Corporations’ ‘Race to the Bottom’?
A true living wage would take into account the needs not just of workers but of society as a whole.
Michelle Chen
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September 15, 2017
These Georgetown Students Fought Nike—and Won
For the first time ever, Nike signed a contract that ensures full, independent access for the Worker Rights Consortium—and it happened because of students.
Daniel Luis Zager, Angeles Solis and Sonia Adjroud
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August 10, 2017
Why ‘Corporate Responsibility’ Campaigns Fail
Despite decades of outrage over sweatshops and slave labor, the problems in the global supply chains remain.
Michelle Chen
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July 10, 2017
Is China Trying to Silence the Workers Who Make Ivanka Trump’s Apparel?
Human-rights activists face trial after an investigation into an abusive factory.
Michelle Chen
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June 27, 2016
Colleges Aren’t Enforcing Their Own Anti-Sweatshop Policies
SUNY’s failure to enforce its anti-sweatshop policies is a reminder that major institutional consumers can only go so far in addressing the crisis of globalized labor abuses.
Michelle Chen
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April 29, 2016
A Western Company Could Finally Be Held Accountable for the Rana Plaza Disaster
Three years after the factory collapse in Bangladesh, a Canadian court is hearing a case that could award the victims up to $2 billion in damages.
Michelle Chen
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February 10, 2016
The Toxic Work Environments That Produce Your Pots and Pans
Multinational corporations are once again profiting off of China’s dismal labor conditions.
Michelle Chen
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January 27, 2016
Sneakers, Through the Looking Glass
The comedian Kevin Hart’s new signature Nike shoes represent a complicated mixture of pride and injury.
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
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January 13, 2016
High-Tech Manufacturing’s Disposable Workers
The electronics industry is poisoning the workers who make our shiny gadgets.
Michelle Chen