Where Seattle Meets the World
Fires at garment factories in Bangladesh have killed more than 600 workers since 2006. This week a survivor visited Seattle to confront consumers with the human cost of cheap apparel.
07 Mar
International Women’s Day is holiday that usually gets ignored. So it makes a great moment to reflect on a widely ignored issue: women in poverty.
01 Mar
When you’re selling a global product sourced in poor countries, there’s no simple path to a clear conscience.
04 Jan
It was the middle of that dark week before the New Year. Christmas cookies were growing stale in tins on the counter and emails had begun to pile up again. But the news of a plea for help from a forced labor camp in China cut through my holiday hangover. The Oregonian reported that a Portland [...]
21 Dec
On a Sunday afternoon a week before Christmas, Northgate Mall is a mosh pit of shoppers. It’s a familiar scene. Our cheerful, if harried, consumerism is as much a holiday ritual as any traditional meal or family gathering. But by the Victoria’s Secret, between the kiosk advertising the new Fiat and the one selling massaging [...]
by lee finch
"I would dealt like to help and change the way we people look at others.there are good people out there.. "by Christian Zerbel
"Fascinating article! "by Tigers, tumbles and Taliban: Making sense of Pakistan’s election – Seattle Globalist | Like It or Love It, It's Mine
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26 Apr
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