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...based sneaker giant spent the 1990s batting away criticism for its dependence on foreign sweatshop labor. It became clear that the company was in trouble when Amnesty International postcards protesting the practice began arriving at Nike headquarters in the early 1990s. The campaign evolved into boycotts. Colleges dropped the brand from their athletic wear, and Nike spokesman Michael Jordan was put in the awkward position of calling on his sponsor to "do the right thing...
...laggardly response to the crisis in the 1990s. In an unprecedented move, Nike also laid bare not only the audits of its suppliers but also its entire supply chain. Nike has found that some of its suppliers still permit physical and verbal abuse of laborers, but its brand is once again glistening...
HOLLIDAY Sorona is a new brand of fabric we're making from corn sugar that takes dyes well, has great stretch recovery and makes a stain-resistant carpet fiber. To me, it's the most significant biopolymer in the world today. It has just the right set of properties and a cost advantage...
White House advisers tell TIME that the agenda for 2006 is in flux and that senior aide Karl Rove is still cooking up ideas. But the initiatives they have settled on sound more like Clinton's brand of small-bore governance: computerizing medical records; making it easier for workers to take their health benefits with them when they leave a job and--an idea that captured Bush's imagination in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina--giving a boost to Catholic and other private schools as an alternative for inner-city children. While Bush still hopes to sign an immigration bill...
Anyway, “Good Music” is a great listen; the backing and chorus reek of Digable Planets, the first verse is all Brand Nubian, and the second verse is pure Tribe Called Quest. The fact that the Roots started out imitating these great jazz-rap groups points to their later evolution into the torch-bearers of that positive message...