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Retailers face new calls for change following factory collapse

by John Santore | May 1, 2013 | Topics

WASHINGTON, April 30 — Clothing retailers are facing renewed pressure to fundamentally change their relationship to subcontractors in developing countries following last week’s collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh More than 380 garment workers have been found...

After bombings, an outpouring of digital empathy

by John Santore | Apr 18, 2013 | National Security, Science + Technology, Topics

WASHINGTON – In the immediate aftermath of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, the outpouring of emotion for — and empathy with — the victims emerged in the digital world as fast as news of the tragedy could spread. Twitter, with its staccato posts,...

Jaffer, Cole debate Obama’s civil liberties legacy

by John Santore | Apr 15, 2013 | National Security

WASHINGTON — In 2008, many of Barack Obama’s supporters hoped the former constitutional law professor would overturn the most contentious legal precedents put in place post-9/11 by George W. Bush. Five years later, some critics say Obama not only has failed to...
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