What made cotton so desirable? In the 1790s Americas oldest crops, like tobacco, were depleting farmland and dropping in value. At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was ...

Xinjiang cotton is some of the best fabric in the world. It's also, human rights campaigners say, produced by forced labour. Some Western brands have removed it from their supply chains ...

An interview between CNN host Kaitlan Collins and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) became tense on Tuesday after Cotton repeatedly laid into Collins and accused her of misrepresenting a Senate vote to ...

China is targeting more Western clothes retailers as international backlash grows over claims of abuses in the cotton-growing Xinjiang region. Several major brands have expressed concern over ...