— -- One year into her tenure working inside Nike's Innovation Kitchen, where the company's designers dream up the future, Tiffany Beers was given an assignment: Figure out how to make a real, ...

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. They are lines in the payroll ledger of a Cambodian baby clothing factory, invisible lives near the bottom of the ...

They are lines in the payroll ledger of a Cambodian baby clothing factory, invisible lives near the bottom of the global economy. There is Phan Oem, 53, who says she clocked up to 76 hours a week ...

China is the world's factory for cars, toys and computers. But not sneakers. China is losing that title to Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City. Factories that ring the fast-paced city churn out foam soles, ...