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March 21, 2017 | In These Times
Our Cotton Colonies
Following a T-shirt's supply chain from Burkina Faso to Bangladesh to your local mall—and back again.
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January 27, 2017 | In These Times
Chiquita Made a Killing From Colombia’s Civil War
In the fanfare around the peace deal signed by the Colombian state and the FARC guerillas, the role of multinational corporations in the violence was largely ignored.
September 17, 2013 | In These Times
Colombian Workers Struggle for a Voice and Safe Jobs
Workers at a GM plant in Bogotá, Colombia have waged a protest against the US car maker for more than two years.
August 24, 2013 | In These Times
A Struggle for All of Colombia's Workers
Colombia's labor unions still face long odds despite promises from the US and Colombian governments.
September 24, 2012 | In These Times
What Afghan Women Want
Women in Afghanistan want their children to be safe and fed. They want a government that protects them against sectarian violence. But none of this is in sight, and soon the Americans will be gone.
September 11, 2012 | In These Times
Hard Times For Turkish Dissenters
With Turkey positioning itself for a greater voice in the region and with many viewing it as a model for the emerging democracies of the Arab Spring, its poor human rights record raises questions.
August 10, 2012 | In These Times
Freedom of the Press Remains Elusive in Turkey
Turkish journalists face an unexpected constraint--abuse from their own democratic government.
July 26, 2012 | In These Times
In and Out of Turkish Refugee Camps
Syrians, many who have been tortured, escape to Turkey. In crowded clinics they struggle to make room for one another. Meanwhile Syrian refugee lawyers compile an account of abuses.
July 24, 2012 | In These Times
Turkey Arrests Public Sector Unionists Under Broad Terror Law
Turkish police recently raided the homes and offices of public-sector unionists, arresting 69. They were charged under Turkey's terror laws.
October 20, 2009 | In These Times
High-Tech vs. Humane Healthcare
A woman was being carried down the road in a bed.
I have encountered some strange things in South Sudan—seen malnourished children; nearly stepped on a large opalescent snake—but nothing more compelling than this.
What impressed me as I struggled to catch up was the speed at which the four men carrying the women were moving, each supporting a leg of a bed constructed of rough-cut wood and a lattice of rope.
September 10, 2007 | In These Times
Why Iraq is Getting Worse
A new civil war between Shiites erupts within the old civil war between Sunnis and Shiites
A cloud of steam rises above the crowd in the 120-degree heat. As their leader approaches the podium, the thousands who have assembled meet him with pledges of their fealty.