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Pick up a packet of tea from any major brand at the supermarket and you'll likely see labels promising consumers the tea inside is ethically sourced.

Certification schemes like Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade are meant to ensure tea workers are paid a minimum wage, have safe working and living conditions and can access basic necessities like clean drinking water on tea estates.

But do they?

A Foreign Correspondent investigation in Sri Lanka has found several certified estates on the supplier lists of the world's biggest brands were failing to live up to these ethical promises.

Pick up a packet of tea from any major brand at the supermarket and you'll likely see labels promising consumers the tea inside is ethically sourced.

Certification schemes like Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade are meant to ensure tea workers are paid a minimum wage, have safe working and living conditions and can access basic necessities like clean drinking water on tea estates.

But do they?

A Foreign Correspondent investigation in Sri Lanka has found several certified estates on the supplier lists of the world's biggest brands were failing to live up to these ethical promises.

Mark down March 3, 2025. That was the day Wall Street finally realized that US President Donald Trump was serious about tariffs. On Monday, the S&P 500 fell nearly 2 percent as Trump confirmed what we at the Atlantic Council predicted in February—that the tariffs on Canada and Mexico were not mere threats, but actually likely to be implemented. The stock markets continued to fall on Tuesday as investors processed the news.

I started to see a good amount of posts that is posted in the wrong communities and kept, it's like anyone can take any statement and post it in any community, because why not?

I would not be surprised currently if I had seen a apple posted in the bananas community.

Did moderators here give up or what is happening?

Student loan borrowers who said their lenders overcharged them were days away from getting help when the Trump administration fired the federal workers who were set to step in.

Most of the Public Thinks Foreign Aid Accounts for a Much Larger Share of Federal Spending than It Does, and That Misperception Contributes to People’s Support for Budget Cuts

After freeing January 6 rioters, Donald Trump’s second administration is rapidly moving toward a new priority: granting “get out of jail free” cards to corporations facing investigations and federal lawsuits over corporate misconduct. Trump’s administration is moving rapidly to halt and hinder federal investigations and cases against alleged corporate lawbreaking.

• Trump administration has already halted or moved to dismiss enforcement investigations and cases against 89 corporations (25% of the corporations in Public Citizen’s tracker of prominent investigations into and enforcement actions against corporations at the end of the Biden administration), including:

1. All 42 corporations facing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) cases and investigations (seven dismissals have been sought so far)
2. Twenty corporations facing Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cases and investigations into possible Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations
3. Eight corporations facing DOJ Civil Rights Division cases and investigations (one dismissal, a case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has been sought so far)
4. Seven corporations facing DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division cases and investigations
5. Seven cryptocurrency corporations facing SEC cases and investigations, five of which the Trump administration has filed to dismiss.
6. Six employers facing Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) cases for discrimination against transgender and nonbinary workers, which the Trump administration has filed to dismiss

• Additionally, firings of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) members and EEOC commissioners mean these regulators lack the quorum needed for finalizing enforcement decisions, including NLRB cases against 100 corporations included in the tracker. (There are nearly 27,000 open NLRB cases in total.)
• 34 corporate inauguration donors facing federal enforcement collectively gave at least $34 million toward Trump’s inaugural festivities. These 34 corporations collectively face 60 separate federal investigations and lawsuits.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered an olive branch to his US counterpart Donald Trump, describing their fiery Oval Office meeting last week as "regrettable".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered an olive branch to his US counterpart Donald Trump, describing their fiery Oval Office meeting last week as "regrettable".

• The recent Israel-Hamas ceasefire prompted Gazan farmers to salvage what remained of their 2024 olive harvest two months late.
• However, Israeli settlers tripled their attacks on West Bank olive farmers during the 2024 harvest, destroying 3,100 trees and injuring dozens. Restricted access to their land cost Palestinian farmers 1,365 tons of oil, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture.
• Despite violence and restrictions, the West Bank produced 27,300 tons of olive oil — far exceeding forecasts.
• Israeli settlers have degraded Palestinian agricultural areas through arson, wastewater pollution and trash dumping as the Israeli state exploits Ottoman-era laws to seize land.