OPINION: The environmental issues and the labor issues surrounding fast fashion – why don’t we stop buying it?

Over the past year, the infamous fast fashion brand SHEIN has surpassed other major fast fashion brands, such as H&M and Zara. SHEIN is known for its insanely low prices and variety of clothing options. Although that sounds tempting enough, the issue is majorly in the low labor wages in China, as well as the extremely unsustainable measures to tailor these items. SHEIN is just one of the many fast fashion brands that has gained popularity. It seems as though everyone acknowledges how unsustainable these brands are, yet no one seems to stop buying from them. Reporter Macy Berendsen argues we need to pay more attention to the fast fashion crisis.

News in :90 – April 12, 2022

President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline this summer, prosecutors revealed Monday that they offered plea deals to three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation is considering changes to the Twin Cities’ busiest highway. Designer Saylor Kragness has today’s News in :90.