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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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Family life
One family’s harrowing escape from postwar Vietnam, told in a poignant metaphor
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Fairness and equality
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War and peace
A frontline soldier’s moving account of the fabled ‘Christmas truce’ of 1914
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History of technology
Replicating Shakespearean-era printing brings its own dramas and comedy
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Animals and humans
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Technology and the self
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The ancient world
Petty squabbles and bloody battles – the life of an ancient Roman soldier
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Astronomy
The remarkable innovations inspired by our need to know the night sky
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War and peace
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