In January 2010, the private prison operator now known as CoreCivic announced the closure of a 752-bed facility in Walsenburg, Colorado. At the time, the Huerfano County Correctional Center was the second-largest employer in the county. Its shutdown caused a “major hit” to the economy, said John Galusha, then the county’s administrator. The town estimated […]
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Since 2021, the Sierra Club has been grading US utilities on their commitment to a clean-energy transition. While most utilities have not earned high marks on the group’s annual scorecards, as a whole they had been showing some progress. That’s over now. […]
In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman named Tureza Akter committed suicide after facing repeated abuse at a sweatshop in Jordan. Subsequent investigations found that factory managers withheld employees’ passports to prevent them from leaving, forced female employees to strip naked, and required workers to labor 16 hours a day, seven days a week, threatening to withhold already-earned pay if they did not comply. The clothes produced in this factory bore the logos of Under Armour, Columbia, and American Eagle.
In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman named Tureza Akter committed suicide after facing repeated abuse at a sweatshop in Jordan. Subsequent investigations found that factory managers withheld employees’ passports to prevent them from leaving, forced female employees to strip naked, and required workers to labor 16 hours a day, seven days a week, threatening to withhold already-earned pay if they did not comply. The clothes produced in this factory bore the logos of Under Armour, Columbia, and American Eagle.
The sums are gargantuan, but not all investment dollars are the same. Google, Oracle, and Microsoft are spending profits, rather than borrowed money, which may make this hype cycle more sustainable.