On the anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, it’s particularly timely to revisit the impacts of some of the programs and policies that were implemented in the wake of the disaster. In their article, Ashwin et al. (2020) show how stakeholder perspectives vary across systems of global production and invite readers to …
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There are physical, emotional, and financial implications to going gluten-free. While a diagnosis of Celiac disease, followed by strict adherence to the gluten-free diet, aims to improve physical health, gluten-free living comes with some hidden (and some not-so-hidden) costs. There is a significant financial cost to managing and maintaining a strict gluten-free diet; the gluten-free …
Listen to this podcast on the importance of foodbanks, and bust some myths related to poverty while you’re at it!
An unprecedented disaster, but it wasn’t the first. With global brands like Joe Fresh and United Colors of Benetton tied to the destruction, what’s happened since?
Listen to sociologist Ann Oakley discuss her research into the experiences of women and childbirth.
