When it comes to sweatshop labor, we talk a good game. Unsafe working conditions! Exploitation wages! Underage workers! But when we see a pair of fancy shoes we like, many consumers are willing to ...

Artificial intelligence is often sold as a frictionless, automated upgrade to daily life, yet behind the glossy dashboards ...

As college students, it’s almost expected that we hate sweatshops and the companies that support them. We’re supposed to feel bad when we see “Made in Honduras” on the tags of our clothes. But what’s ...

As a Brit I almost feel that I should apologize to you for John Oliver. Either that or for the state of our education system. For he has been through one of the better colleges in one of the finest ...

As we know John Oliver made a rousing condemnation of the way in which child labour is used in the making of the cheap fashion that we all enjoy. All sorts of people are insisting that this is just ...

Sweatshops should all be shut down because of the terrible working conditions and unfair treatment of workers, right? But what about the people who choose to work in these conditions? If we look at ...

Garment industry sweatshops are hardly a thing of the past in New York City: They are a feature of commerce today. The New York State Department of Labor has found it necessary to maintain particular ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Yesterday, we published a story about how students around the United States are gathering in front on Nike stores in solidarity with workers at a Honduras factory that have lost their jobs because ...

Pop superstar and fashion icon Beyoncé is facing accusations of promoting sweatshops and slavery in Sri Lanka, where her Ivy Park line of gym gear is made. “Poverty-stricken seamstresses . . . earn ...