Rania Khalek Dispatches from the Underclass

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Exactly two weeks have passed since the Dhaka garment factory complex collapsed in Bangladesh, yet bodies are still being pulled from underneath the rubble. As of this morning, the Bangladesh army has confirmed 804 deaths. That’s over 800 human beings crushed to death under the pressure of a globalized economy that exploits the world’s most vulnerable […]

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The death toll from the collapse of an eight-story building housing five garment factories in Bangladesh has surpassed 300 with an estimated 40 people still trapped beneath the rubble.

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