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...conventions at the United Nations to protecting economic and social rights in developing countries. “The action is in the [non-governmental organization] community, it’s in the [World Trade Organization], it’s in Oxfam leading four West African countries to challenge U.S. cotton subsidies,” Ignatieff said. “The future of human rights is in economic and social rights and in the debate between the north and south, the developing and the developed world, over the responsibilities of rich countries to poor countries.” According to Ignatieff...
...chemicals are poisonous to laborers and bad for the environment. So he asked Timberland researchers to find a less toxic alternative to those adhesives. As it turned out, Nike, far along on its own journey to environmental responsibility (one that has made it the largest retail consumer of organic cotton), was way ahead in developing viable water-based cements and was willing to share its technology, as were some other firms...
...partnered with four existing businesses that produced embroidered linens, hand-embroidered baby garments, beaded handbags and jewelry, and she imports the products through her two-year-old company, Jacaranda Living, which is based in Wellesley, Mass. Deale's best-selling category is waffle-weave cotton towels, and she says her nautical designs sell well among the Cape...
...York City It's no wonder this city, with average overnight stays priced at $222, never sleeps. But at Times Square's Hotel QT, guests enjoy Egyptian-cotton sheets, a pool with an underwater sound system and rooms that start...
...14thWheatus, Midstates, Say When, and The Appreciation Post. Wheatus promotes their new album “Too Soon Monsoon” with Midstates, Say When, and The Appreciation Post. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. (JSA)Living Colour with Danielia Cotton. After a 10-year hiatus, the band reassembled to produce “CollideOscope,” which features the emotional song “Flying,” about a couple that meets on Sept. 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center. Paradise Rock Club. 7 p.m. Tickets available through Next...