Garment workers in Myanmar earn less than $3 a day to produce soccer apparel for Adidas. Some say they were fired after asking factory owners for a raise.
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As recreational marijuana becomes legalized across the United States, some couples are finding new ways to incorporate weed into nearly every aspect of their celebrations.
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Continue readingWho is the Coolest Person in Los Angeles?
At the Sadie Hawkins Winter Formal, hosted by the brand Born X Raised, we asked partygoers about their style and the most interesting people they know.
Continue readingWill We Ever Be Able to Recycle Our Clothes Like an Aluminum Can?
This article is part of a series examining Responsible Fashion, and innovative efforts to address issues facing the fashion industry. A new textile recycling plant opened by the company Renewcell in the small coastal city of Sundsvall, Sweden, is so …
Continue readingXi Broke the Social Contract That Helped China Prosper
The protests in China against the government’s draconian Covid controls have been compared to those in 1989, when students demonstrated for political reforms and democracy. The 1989 pro-democracy movement occurred in the most liberal, tolerant and …
Continue readingSilicon Valley Made Big Promises in Africa. Where Are the Results?
Jack Dorsey, the billionaire co-founder of Twitter, is a major investor on the African continent. Meta’s C.E.O., Mark Zuckerberg, has heavily invested in tech start-ups in Nigeria. Earlier this year, The Economist declared that Africa is the only …
Continue readingHe Sold a Message of Climate Doom. He Has Regrets.
Produced by ‘First Person’ Once nicknamed “Green Jesus,” Steven Guilbeault began his career as an extreme climate activist — scaling towers, chaining himself to oil equipment and getting arrested multiple times. Now he is Canada’s minister of …
Continue readingA Good Job Is a Gift That Keeps Giving
This article is part of Times Opinion’s Holiday Giving Guide 2022. Read more about the guide in a note from Opinion’s editor, Kathleen Kingsbury. I have returned to jobs again and again in this newsletter in 2022. In an April newsletter I wrote,“Jobs …
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