Republicans poised for House control, but the Senate's a toss up. Florida braces for Nicole. Meta layoffs. CBS News Correspondent Deborah Rodriguez has today's World News Roundup.
This week’s episode features a wonderful conversation with Minh-Ha T. Pham, a professor at Pratt who researches fashion labor under global capitalism and digital capitalism—and whose new book, Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, is out now.
3:45 – We begin by reminiscing about the era of the fashion blogger (including Minh-Ha herself) and the role that young, transnational Asians played as cultural intermediaries for historically exclusive, white brands. Is there a link between them and Asian garment workers? How did those unpaid “creatives” pave the way for the continued casualization of fashion labor on social media?
31:50 – We also discuss the problem of fast fashion and the racialized way it’s often discussed. The Chinese company Shein is widely portrayed as the worst offender, as was the Korean-American-owned Forever 21 in its heyday. Minh-Ha questions that framing: In a global fashion economy that requires low wages to boost profits and encourages insatiable consumption at great environmental cost, does it make sense to zero in on these budget (Asian) brands? And do these narratives assume that some countries can only “develop” if their workers are underpaid to produce our clothes?
Plus, an answer to the question you didn’t know you had about Prada and sequins.
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Every four years, Americans go to polling places where they do NOT decide who will be President of the United States.
These elections usually aren’t given as much historical attention as presidential elections. Nonetheless, they can be extremely important and can influence a president’s agenda.
Learn more about the history of midterm elections and how they have influenced US history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
We're breaking down the results from some key midterm races across the country, even as control of Congress is still up in the air.
Also, a major scientific report details how climate change could impact American life, just as people in the southeast prepare for another hurricane.
Plus, a big shakeup in the cryptocurrency world, another major social media company doing some downsizing, new changes to the popular Wordle game, and how Netflix is hoping to make it even easier for people to cut the cord and drop cable.
Those stories and more news to know in around 10 minutes!
Following the midterm elections, voters want to know that their vote was counted and that the election was secure.
Concern over election security exists among Republicans and Democrats alike, but are the fears founded?
"I think we can trust many, if not most, of our elections, but there are elections where either people cheat or significant errors are made by election officials that question the result," says Hans von Spakovsky, co-author of “Our Broken Elections: How the Left Changed the Way You Vote," in an interview recorded ahead of Election Day.
Von Spakovsky, who is also the manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative and senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the frequency of voter fraud and the states with the best and worst election security laws. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)
Will the COP27 conference strengthen action against global warming? Is democracy really on the ballot? And as crime remains a concern for many Americans, what's really going on? Join Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas as they examine what's happening today.
Rob dives into the world of N.W.A. and gangsta rap, looking back at Ice Cube’s more peaceful hit, “It Was A Good Day.” Along the way, he finds time to reminisce on his life as an RA in college.
The look of the elite somehow becomes the look for everyone. And as more and more people are taking on Ivy, it only becomes cooler and cooler. Which goes against everything I thought I knew about trends.