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The collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, in April 2013 drew international attention to the plight of garment-industry workers in developing countries. The deaths of more than 1,100 workers revived questions about the ethics of the process through which cheap clothes make their way to consumers. Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt: People contrasts the lives of two women working in garment factories – one in Bangladesh and one in Columbia – and considers how, at its worst, the industry puts its workers in peril, but at its best has the potential to help lift some out of poverty.
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Engineering
Can monumental ‘ice stupas’ help remote Himalayan villages survive?
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History of technology
Curious singles and tech sceptics – what ‘computer dating’ looked like in 1966
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Animals and humans
Join seabirds as they migrate, encountering human communities along the way
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Stories and literature
Two variants of a Hindu myth come alive in an animated ode to Indian storytelling
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Technology and the self
The commodified childhood – scenes from two sisters’ lives in the creator economy
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Fairness and equality
There’s a dirty side to clean energy in the metal-rich mountains of South Africa
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Food and drink
The passage of time is a peculiar thing in a 24-hour diner
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Anthropology
For an Amazonian female shaman, ayahuasca ceremonies are a rite and a business
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Gender
A filmmaker responds to Lars von Trier’s call for a new muse with a unique application
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