Bruce Wallace

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.

Recent Stories

Business

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

PRI's The World

March 02, 2016

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.

Business

Most Bangladeshi garment workers are women, but their union leaders weren't. Until now.

PRI's The World

September 16, 2015

In recent years, horrible disasters in Bangladesh's garment industry have left hundreds of garment workers dead or injured. Since then, both international clothing labels and the Bangladeshi government have promised reforms. But some of the workers have also responded by joining unions. And female workers are taking more of a leadership role in that struggle.

Education

The Muslim who leads a branch of a Jewish lobbying group

PRI's The World

August 27, 2015

"My background is a little different from many in the room,” says Amna Farroqi, the new leader at J Street U, the collegiate arm of the liberal pro-Israel group. Ah, but there are critics.

Culture

Brazilian orchestra fuses Afro beats with a little Duke

PRI's The World

August 07, 2015

Afro-Brazilian group Letieres Leite and Orchestra Rumpilezz are on their first tour of the US, connecting the African-infused music of the Brazilian state of Bahia with American jazz.

Education

At one Baltimore school, students are easing racial tensions by learning from each other

PRI's The World

August 05, 2015

One year after a burst of violent attacks, Digital Harbor High launched a program to bring Latino and African-American students together.