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Slip-ups mar Bob Schaffer

By | 07.14.08 | 8:50 am

It’s hard to imagine a worse kickoff to a political campaign. For Republican Bob Schaffer, formerly the self-described “Conservative Colorado Congressman” who currently is touting his “Common Sense Leadership” and running in one of the most closely-watched U.S.…

Slip-ups mar Bob Schaffer

By | 07.14.08 | 8:50 am

It’s hard to imagine a worse kickoff to a political campaign. For Republican Bob Schaffer, formerly the self-described “Conservative Colorado Congressman” who currently is touting his “Common Sense Leadership” and running in one of the most closely-watched U.S.…

Letter Links CSU Golf Vendor to Chinese Sweatshop

By | 01.12.08 | 11:55 am

New evidence has surfaced and media scrutiny is increasing in Colorado Confidential’s ongoing probe of ties between collegiate merchandisers and sweatshop labor.

Earlier this week, Colorado State University responded by taking Team Golf products off its shelves

CSU Sweatshop Investigation Offers More Questions Than Answers

By | 01.09.08 | 9:50 am

Colorado State University has indefinitely suspended business operations with a company named in an investigation of sweatshop abuses by an international human rights group.

Team Golf, a Dallas-based business that specializes in selling licensed collegiate golf accessories, claims it

University Sweatshop Investigation May Not Make a Difference Overseas

By | 12.12.07 | 12:00 pm

Documenting sweatshop abuses is the easy part. Taking action gets more complicated.

The investigative body examining allegations that Colorado University merchandise may have been manufactured in a Chinese sweatshop says that even if disciplinary action is taken against the

‘What Would Jesus Buy?’ Takes Aim At Corporate Sin

By | 12.09.07 | 12:06 pm

At first it was Mickey Mouse, the ubiquitous face of Disney marketing and a product of sweatshops in Central America and China. Then it was Starbucks, the world’s coffee conglomerate and paragon of everything that is wrong with America. Next

Amid Criticism, CSU Investigates Sweatshop Allegations

By | 12.07.07 | 8:00 am

The group Colorado State University has charged with investigating whether Ram merchandise was made in a Chinese sweatshop has been accused of stifling real reform against abusive labor practices.

Report: CSU Merchandise Made In Chinese Sweatshop

By | 12.05.07 | 6:00 am

Souvenir medallions bearing the Colorado State University logo are being made in a Chinese sweatshop where workers are forced to work long hours and are paid “starvation wages,” according to a recent report by the National Labor Committee, an international