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1 week ago | propublica.org | Matthew Kish |Rob Davis |Sarahbeth Maney |Sharon Lerner

This article was produced in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In May 2015, President Barack Obama gave a big speech about dropping trade barriers with other nations. He delivered it on a sunny day at Nike’s world headquarters in Oregon.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Rob Davis

In Phnom Penh’s hot season, when the Cambodian capital’s sweltering, subtropical air routinely soars to 100 degrees, more workers than usual visited the infirmaries inside a factory that made baby clothes for Nike, the world’s largest athletic apparel brand. As many as 15 people a month typically became too weak to work in May and June, according to a medical worker employed by the factory.

1 week ago | propublica.org | Rob Davis |Sarahbeth Maney |Sharon Lerner |Matthew Kish

This article was produced by ProPublica in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for Dispatches, to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In Phnom Penh’s hot season, when the Cambodian capital’s sweltering, subtropical air routinely soars to 100 degrees, more workers than usual visited the infirmaries inside a factory that made baby clothes for Nike, the world’s largest athletic apparel brand.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Rob Davis

1 hour agoHold the Flip Flops—This Sandals Trend Set to Replace Them This SummerWhile clothing trends seem to move at breakneck speed, sandal trends tend to tread a more leisurely path. Every now and then, however, a fresh sandal …11 hours agoWhat happened when Nike tried to move manufacturing to North America? The Trump administration is using tariffs as a way toward their goal of bringing back American manufacturing jobs.

2 weeks ago | rawstory.com | Rob Davis

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. More in this series What Nike Says: The world’s largest sports apparel maker says its suppliers pay workers 1.9 times the minimum wage on average, based on partial data for the workforce. What We Found: A payroll sheet for one Cambodian factory reveals few people making that much, even after years on the job.