Business & Economy

Getting Lost in Fast Fashion’s Everything Store

Nicole Lipman / n+1 Jun 7, 2024 The Chinese retail marketplace SHEIN is a microcosm of the internet and Amazon’s weird and clunky sibling. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Women’s Climate Change Burden

Peter Kuper Mar 21, 2024 Dig deeper

Wall Street Admits Curing Diseases Is Bad for Business

Lee Camp / Truthdig Apr 24, 2018 We are beginning to see more and more how disgusting a profit-above-all-else economy is. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

9,000 U.S. Massage Parlors Engaged in Sex Trafficking

Emily Wells / Truthdig Jan 23, 2018 The businesses, which often face little regulation or oversight, have become hubs for the trafficking of immigrant women, a report finds. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Secret Cost of Chinese Buffets: An Investigative Report, Part 2

Amelia Pang / Truthdig Nov 17, 2016 Passing as an undocumented worker seeking employment through covert channels, the author is bused to Georgia, where she experiences the long hours and scant pay thousands of others endure around the country. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

In Some Cases of Elder Abuse, Banks Facilitated Financial Exploitation

By Colton Lochhead / Las Vegas Review-Journal Sep 24, 2016 Legal guardians appointed for the elderly don't always have their wards' interests in mind and are able to steal thousands with the support of judicial and economic systems. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Hawaiian Seafood Is Caught by Undocumented Workers Confined to Ships Like Slaves

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 8, 2016 An investigation found that hundreds are employed catching fish off the coasts of Hawaii and California on boats they can’t leave. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Exploitation

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Jun 16, 2016 Dig deeper

What’s Yours Is Mine

Peter Richardson / Truthdig May 2, 2016 The Sharing Economy, epitomized by companies such as Uber and Airbnb, "is a movement for deregulation," Tom Slee writes "It's not about building an alternative to a corporate-driven market economy; it's about extending the deregulated free market into new areas of our lives" The Sharing Economy, epitomized by companies such as Uber and Airbnb, "is a movement for deregulation," Tom Slee writes". Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

America’s New Working Class Demands Respect

By Tamara Draut / Moyers & Company Apr 7, 2016 As a general laborer for Coca-Cola put it, “We’re making them billions of dollars. Why are we being treated like something you step on in the grass?” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

VIDEO: The Other Side of the Hamptons: The Working Poor

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 15, 2015 Long established as a playground for the mega-rich, New York's Hamptons see some beachfront mansions selling for $100 million, and designer boutiques jostle for space on the streets. But beyond the luxury is a side we don't see, where low-paid workers struggle to get by and 7 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘The Gulf’: Shedding Light on Dark Doings in the United Arab Emirates

BLANK Aug 14, 2015 A coalition of artists and writers has been instrumental in raising awareness of the mind-boggling exploitation of laborers who support some of the richest people on the planet. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )