Jobs

August 16, 2019

As Europe transitions away from coal, it's unclear whether the newly-elected Spanish Socialists can offer hope to the region of Asturias, where people have mined coal for 150 years.

Commentary

Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?

The Conversation

August 14, 2019

Cancun, on the Yucatan peninsula, is one of Mexico's most visited cities, while nearby Mayan villages struggle with poverty and lack of economic opportunities. A newly proposed train line could help fix that, but at what cost to the people and ecosystem?

Business, Economics and Jobs

The economics of risk taking in the workplace

Innovation Hub

August 02, 2019

An economist and journalist attempts to understand how risk management looks in the workplace outside the world of finance.

Food

Olive oil company unites Cyprus with a ‘taste of peace’

GlobalPost

July 25, 2019

Since 1974, the island of Cyprus has been divided by a ceasefire "Green Line" that separates the majority-Greek south from the Turkish-occupied north. Now, two friends from both sides of the divide are pressing olives for peace.

Jobs

South Korea's new ‘blind hiring’ law bans personal interview questions

GlobalPost

July 23, 2019

Some South Korean job seekers worry that the new amendment is all paper and no practice.

Business, Economics and Jobs

As the American wage gap grows, workers of color are being left behind

Innovation Hub

July 12, 2019

Not everyone’s a winner when tech jobs come to town. Find out how the wage gap between Americans has grown — and what that means for people of color.

Food

A Syrian mom in Istanbul builds a business from her own kitchen with Whatsapp

PRI's The World

July 11, 2019

Sexual violence

How sex traffickers use modeling contracts to lure young women

PRI's The World

July 08, 2019

Prosecutors say financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly found underage girls through a man who promised the women modeling contracts in the US. How common is this scheme to snare women into trafficking rings?

LGBTQ

An annual pageant is the one night a year trans women in Turkey can celebrate

PRI's The World

June 21, 2019

Amidst conservative pressures and security concerns, transgender women in Istanbul, Turkey, celebrate their beauty.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Italy's mafia gets richer as 'security decree' strips migrant rights

GlobalPost

June 20, 2019

With no rights to speak of, undocumented migrants and refugees in Italy are vulnerable to exploitation by unscrupulous "padroni" and criminal gangs, including the mafia, who controls Italy's agricultural sector.

Spain's coal miners continue to wait for their country's 'Green New Deal'

Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?

The economics of risk taking in the workplace

Olive oil company unites Cyprus with a ‘taste of peace’

South Korea's new ‘blind hiring’ law bans personal interview questions

As the American wage gap grows, workers of color are being left behind

A Syrian mom in Istanbul builds a business from her own kitchen with Whatsapp

How sex traffickers use modeling contracts to lure young women

An annual pageant is the one night a year trans women in Turkey can celebrate

Italy's mafia gets richer as 'security decree' strips migrant rights

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