Bruce Wallace

The World

Bruce Wallace is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist and multimedia producer.

Bruce Wallace is a producer at Gimlet Media. He has reported for PRI’s The World, Radio Diaries, All Things Considered, Marketplace Morning Report, The New York Times Magazine, Al Jazeera America, and The Washington Post.

He was born in Baltimore and lives in Brooklyn with his wife and cat.

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The face of Target (and others) in Bangladesh, at 400 pieces an hour

A "Made in Bangladesh" tag on clothing typically also means "made by women," because they make up 80 percent of the country's garment-factory workforce. Many of them send the money they earn back to villages in the countryside.

The face of Target (and others) in Bangladesh, at 400 pieces an hour
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Most Bangladeshi garment workers are women, but their union leaders weren't. Until now.

Most Bangladeshi garment workers are women, but their union leaders weren't. Until now.
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The Muslim who leads a branch of a Jewish lobbying group

The Muslim who leads a branch of a Jewish lobbying group
Letieres Leite and his Orchestra Rumpilezz play at Lincoln Center's "Out Of Doors" in New York City.

Brazilian orchestra fuses Afro beats with a little Duke

Brazilian orchestra fuses Afro beats with a little Duke
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At one Baltimore school, students are easing racial tensions by learning from each other

At one Baltimore school, students are easing racial tensions by learning from each other
Last month around 100 activists associated with Justice League NYC and other civil rights groups marched down historic US Route 1 through Baltimore as participants in an event named #MARCH2JUSTICE.

How African Americans and immigrants in Baltimore find common ground in police reform

When protests broke out in Baltimore, some immigrants there saw connections — how their relationships with police are similar to the relationships between cops and African Americans.

How African Americans and immigrants in Baltimore find common ground in police reform
Grace Lyo at one of the markets she runs in West Baltimore.

In Baltimore, neighborhoods come together across cultural lines

A lot of the news crews have left Baltimore, but the city is still recovering. One Korean American shopkeeper thanks her customers for rallying by her side. "I will love my neighbors...forever," she says.

In Baltimore, neighborhoods come together across cultural lines
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Neglecting Baltimore: My story, too

Bruce Wallace grew up in Baltimore. But it wasn't until he was an adult that he ventured to Freddie Gray's neighborhood, to volunteer at a family shelter. "I can't overemphasize how close, geographically, these two Baltimores are.''

Neglecting Baltimore: My story, too
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For Nepalese abroad, 'you feel so helpless being so far away'

In New York City, home to one of the largest Nepalese communities in the US, crowds gathered after the earthquake in Nepal to pray, gather donations and hope for good news from relatives still unaccounted for.

For Nepalese abroad, 'you feel so helpless being so far away'
Rafiqul Islam is president of a labor federation based next to the site of the Rana Plaza collapse. In the foreground is a field filled with rubble from the building, and beyond that is the site of the collapse.

Two years after it collapsed, Rana Plaza is still haunted by the smell of death

More than 1,000 garment workers died when the Rana Factory complex in Bangladesh collapsed two years ago. Today, the survivors and their families are still haunted by the "smell of death" at the site — and the prejudices they face after making it through the tragedy.

Two years after it collapsed, Rana Plaza is still haunted by the smell of death
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These voices from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh are heart-wrenching

Two years after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, these survivors and rescuers are still struggling.

These voices from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh are heart-wrenching
“I think I’m blessed in tuning harmoniums,” says Mindra Sahadeo, who is from Guyana but now lives in New York City. “I find joy, actually, in fixing them.”

Meet the harmonium king of Queens, New York

Mindra Sahadeo, an Indo-Guyanese musician who now lives in New York, has found a niche bringing the city’s harmoniums back to life. It's a way to connect to his Indian heritage and fill his shared apartment with music.

Meet the harmonium king of Queens, New York
This Sprite stash can was purchased by a bot that was scouring the Darknet and buying random options. Shipping took almost a month.

The Darknet is a space for vice — is it also a space for art?

A gallery in St. Gallen, Switzerland, aims to expand what we think about when we think about the Darknet thanks to a shopping bot and the anonymous purchases it made.

The Darknet is a space for vice — is it also a space for art?
Bob Guild is vice president of Marazul Charters, a US-based travel group founded in 1979 when Washington briefly loosened travel restrictions to Cuba.

These travel groups have bridged the US-Cuba divide for decades

Soon it will be much easier for Americans to travel to Cuba, thanks to the thaw in relations between Washington and Havana. But a small group of tour companies has been bringing Americans to the island for decades, hoping to give them a new understanding of Cuba.

These travel groups have bridged the US-Cuba divide for decades
John Wurdeman, co-founder of Pheasant’s Tears winery in the eastern Georgian province of Kiziqi. He was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and became fascinated by Georgia after stumbling onto a CD of folk music from the country.

How a CD in the state of Virginia led to a wine rebirth in the country of Georgia

Almost 25 years ago, John Wurdeman stumbled onto a CD of traditional Georgian music at a record store in Virginia. Now he lives in the tiny former Soviet republic and is involved in its wine renaissance.

How a CD in the state of Virginia led to a wine rebirth in the country of Georgia