Labor hero Cicih Sukaesih fought Nike's sweatshops in the '90s and won the PR war. Her reward? Living on charity while Nike sells $200 sneakers. This is what victory looks like in late capitalism.
Campaign finance absurdity, legislative theater, donor grift, PAC money laundering
Nike claims Indonesian workers earn nearly double minimum wage. Workers say it's not enough to live on. Both statements are true, which tells you everything about corporate math and nothing about morality.
Nike claims factory workers earn double minimum wage. Workers in Indonesia and Cambodia say that's "bullshit." Welcome to Swoosh Mathematics, where numbers mean whatever the marketing department needs them to mean.
Idaho ranks dead last nationally in child death autopsies because it lets funeral directors moonlight as coroners. Turns out libertarian principles can't determine cause of death.
After only thirty years of documented abuse and neglect, New York lawmakers have finally noticed their guardianship system is a Kafkaesque nightmare. Their solution? A task force and the absolute minimum effort possible.
In 1967, the KKK bombed Beth Israel in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2026, an arsonist burned it again. Same building. Same hatred. Same cosmic joke on anyone who believed "Never Again" meant anything.
Federal agents staged a midnight military raid on a Chicago apartment building, claiming to target a dangerous Venezuelan gang. Their own documents reveal it was actually about squatters. No one was charged with a crime.