18MR Staff

PRESS ADVISORY: 18MillionRising.org (18MR) Pulls Hoax on Gap Inc., Corporation Responds by Shutting Down www.gapdoesmore.com

Campaigns • May 20, 2014 • By 18MR Staff

Yesterday, the AAPI online activist group 18MillionRising.org successfully launched a hoax campaign targeting Gap Inc. for its failure to take responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of Bangaldeshi factory workers. Leveraging a website (www.GapDoesMore.com, now defunct) and Twitter account (@GapDoesMore, now defunct), 18MR posed as the clothing giant and announced…

PRESS ADVISORY: 18MillionRising.org (18MR) Targets Gap Inc. With Prank Raising Tough Questions About International Labor Abuses

Campaigns • May 20, 2014 • By 18MR Staff

During the Gap Inc. shareholder meeting in San Francisco, 18MillionRising.org launched a campaign targeting the clothing company for failing to uphold its responsibility to factory workers in Bangladesh. Utilizing a website (www.GapDoesMore.com) and Twitter account (@GapDoesMore), 18MR posed as the clothier and announced the decision to sign the Bangladesh Accord…

Deeper Than Words: Donald Sterling’s Racism and the Model Minority Myth

Communities • May 7, 2014 • By 18MR Staff

By now much virtual ink has been spilled about the racist comments made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. I’m not going to draw any more attention to that. Instead, I want to focus on a pattern of racial discrimination lawsuits against Sterling, and on the complex and critical…