San Francisco No Longer Sweat-Free
Tom Hayden : San Francisco/Bay Area
The city has backed away from its longstanding commitment to avoid procuring city workers' garments from offshore sweatshops.
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The Gap: New Frontiers in Child Abuse
Barbara Ehrenreich : Children & Child Care
The Gap has been caught selling garments made by child slaves in India. It's enough to make you vomit all over your new denim jacket.
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No-Sweat Sit-Ins Hit Academe
The Editors : Higher Education
Will a donation from Nike deflect Stanford's efforts to curb sweatshop labor in the making of its sports regalia?
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The Last 'Competitive Advantage': Letter From China
Jehangir S. Pocha : China
How do the Chinese make such cheap TVs? By silencing, arresting and sometimes torturing labor rights activists.
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Sweatshop Police
Robert J.S. Ross : Congress
The government is about to declare virtual disarmament against the lawbreakers.
2006
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Sneakers for Social Justice?
New York Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury is getting props with a $14.98 sneaker designed to appeal to low-income kids. But the criticism he's endured over sweatshop labor shows it's hard to do good.
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Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor
Peter Dreier & Richard Appelbaum : Higher Education
The University of California has thrown its weight behind an antisweatshop initiative on campus logowear, proof that conscientious consumers can humanize the forces of global capitalism.
2005
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Students Confront Sweatshops
Richard Appelbaum & Peter Dreier : Student Movements
With a new wave of activism against sweatshops sweeping college campuses, student interest in the morality of their clothing choices can set a standard for the rest of us.
2004
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SweatX Closes Up Shop
Richard Appelbaum & Peter Dreier
There's a growing market for clothing and other goods made to satisfy consumers' social conscience.
2002
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Sunshine on Sweatshops
Jenny Stepp : Student Movements
Student activists at Florida State are sweating out the summer in tents to draw attention to their cause.
2001
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My Nike Media Adventure
Nike has the advantage when it comes to mass media, but activists may have the advantage with micromedia.
1999
Can young voters stand up to suppression and swing Election 2008? Plus: Robert Fisk on the Middle East, and McCain's Russia scandal. (13mb mp3)
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