warehouse-diaries:-the-automated-ghost-of-christmas-peak

It was October, at the beginning of Amazon’s “peak season”— the long run-up to the holidays when package volume begins to swell. It was my second night working as a “jam breaker” in a facility known as PIT9, an automated sortation center located in the woods near Pittsburgh International Airport.Continue Reading

haiti’s-youth-face-impossible-psychological-dilemma

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — “I don’t see a future for myself in this country. If I leave Haiti, it’s to save my life and plan for the future. Otherwise, I wouldn’t leave,” says Maximilien Duclair, one of many young people struggling to find an income in Haiti’s capital, where gang violenceContinue Reading

can-diplomacy-end-the-conflict-between-thailand-and-cambodia?

The neighbouring countries hold their first direct meeting in regional push for peace., The neighbouring countries hold their first direct meeting in regional push for peace. Fighting has escalated between Cambodia and Thailand, forcing hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes on both sides of the neighbouring countries’Continue Reading

ups-stumbles-into-holiday-season-amid-shifting-trade-rules

After the end of the de minimis rule rewired US import requirements, UPS is struggling to clear shipments., New York City, United States – Since the recent termination of the nearly decade-old trade rule called “de minimis,” United States consumers and businesses have been exposed to slower shipping, destroyed packagesContinue Reading