July 8, 2021 Culture Watch, News, Sports
So much for empowering women. Nike and other companies have been outed for their treatment of female Olympic athletes as the games begin this month. At that level of competition, the stakes ...
Read More » May 23, 2021 Culture Watch, News, Politics & Policy
A backlash against “woke” corporations is growing. Earlier this week, Consumers’ Research launched the Consumers First Initiative, a major name-and-shame campaign against corporations that try to distract attention from their corporate failures ...
Read More » March 29, 2021 Culture Watch, News, Sports
Nike is receiving backlash over the so-called “Satan shoes” released by rapper Nas X. The musician designed a pair of Nike sneakers that apparently include a drop of human blood mixed with ...
Read More » October 22, 2020 Columns, Culture Watch, News, Sports
Nearly 30 years ago, in a 1993 Nike commercial, professional basketball legend Charles Barkley fired the first shot at the “role model” concept popularized by Columbia University sociologist Robert K. Merton in ...
Read More » July 23, 2020 Columns, National, News, World
“Slave labor.” That is the term U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used on July 16 when speaking about China to television anchor Bill Hemmer on his Fox News show. The polite ...
Read More » July 3, 2019 Missouri News, News
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, has some strong word for the international shoe giant Nike after its much-criticized decision to pull shoes from stores that bore the original 13 star American flag. NFL ...
Read More » July 2, 2019 Culture Watch, News, Sports
Nike has pulled a patriotic sneaker made to celebrate Independence Day because Colin Kaepernick reportedly complained that it features the famous Betsy Ross American flag which he says is “offensive.” According to ...
Read More » March 25, 2019 National, News
Lawyer Michael Avenatti, famous for bringing a frivolous suit against President Donald Trump that was later thrown out, has been arrested in New York City today. The Democrat operative and possible presidential ...
Read More » September 5, 2018 Missouri News, News
A Missouri college is putting force behind its contract with Nike and saying, “We just did it.” The College of the Ozarks, a private Christian school in Point Lookout that regularly tops ...
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