Rivers of Blood: Coltan and the Congo
Gold, diamonds, tin, coltan, cobalt; these are the blood of the modern electronics industry. Each is bought with human blood in the Congo.
political economy
The Cost of Convenience
There’s a reason we can get relatively cheap food transported from all over the world. That convenience seems cheap, but there’s a cost that we don’t see.
There Is No Middle Class
The fact of the matter is simply this: no one is middle class.