M Sophia Newman
The People Who Made 2015 a Safer Year for Migrants to Cross the Mediterranean
For every 10,000 people who crossed the Mediterranean by boat last year, 37 died—tragic, but substantially better than the death rate the year before.
You Can Kill Anyone with Your Car, as Long as You Don't Really Mean It
Nationwide, fatal bike accidents involving cars often result in misdemeanor charges, tickets, or nothing. Leah Shahum from the San Francisco Bike Coalition told the New York Times last year that her organization does “not know of a single case...
There Are Still Broken Bones Beneath Bangladesh's Collapsed Sweat Shop
Some of the bodies of the 1,116 workers killed in the collapse a year ago today are still in the back lot.
There Are Still Broken Bones Buried Under Bangladesh's Collapsed Sweatshop
A year after the disaster, the grim history of Rana Plaza has delayed redevelopment, and almost nothing has been added to the site. Curiously, almost nothing has been taken away, either.
Bangladesh Is Locked in Dumb and Violent Torpor
The country's bloodiest election ever was an exercise in depressing idiocy. The ruling party won, but it wasn't much of a victory since the main opposition party boycotted the election, branding it a "farce."
