cover image: More Than Just a “Cheap T-Shirt”: Guatemala Textiles

More Than Just a “Cheap T-Shirt”: Guatemala Textiles

12 Nov 2024

A common criticism of globalization is that its costs aren't worth the "cheap T-shirts" we get in return. But those shirts help American families stretch their budgets and serve as a lifeline for millions of the world's poorest people. We traveled to an apparel factory in Guatemala to tell some of these people's stories and to show how globalization has lifted more than a billion humans out of abject poverty since 2000.

Authors

Scott Lincicome

Pages
4
Published in
United States of America