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How Germany Keeps Kids From Dropping Out
It may be hard for Americans to fathom a world in which corporations, instead of merely lamenting the shortage of skilled labor, volunteer to train vast numbers of the non-college-bound.
‘Animal Factory’ Author David Kirby on Industrial Farming
If you eat meat, the odds are high that you’ve enjoyed a meal made from an animal raised on a factory farm . According to the USDA, 2% of U.S.
Six Rules for Eating Wisely
Once upon a time Americans had a culture of food to guide us through the increasingly treacherous landscape of food choices: fat vs. carbs, organic vs
China’s Rising Production Costs Are a Boon for Other Asian States
In the midst of a steaming-hot Malaysian jungle, sweat-stained factory workers bend over their looms, threading copper into bales of cable wire that gets so hot, it must snake through culverts of water before it can be touched. The factory floor is awash in tea-colored light from windows smeared with soot
David Foster Wallace: The Death of a Genius
What would you write if you could write absolutely anything? This is the question that, as a reader, one imagined David Foster Wallace facing
How Japan Became a Leader in Disaster Preparation
Just before noon on the morning of Sept. 1, 1923, a massive earthquake shook Japan’s Kanto Plain, hitting the busy industrial cities of Tokyo and Yokohama.
PENNSYLVANIA: Death at Donora
Fog settled down on the grimy industrial towns of Pennsylvania's Monongahela Valley one day last week, blurred the bleak outlines of steel mills and foundries, and softened the glare of great furnaces. At sooty Donora , it was particularly heavy; the hills stand close and no breath of breeze had reached its streets.
Thousands strike in India’s industrial hub
Thousands of workers were part of a strike in an important north Indian industrial hub Tuesday, underscoring touchy labor relations in Asia’s third-largest economy.
Could Hummer Be Headed For The Heap?
GM’s Hummer division has commanded attention ever since the vehicles first appeared on American highways at the height of the sport utility boom.