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We've written a lot about how income has changed (or not) for the rich, middle class and poor in the U.S. We've written much less about what the rich, middle class and poor actually do for work. To remedy that, we made this graph. It shows the 10 most popular jobs in each income bracket.

Lesson Plans for VOW's newest book, Invisible Hands, address global manufacturing. By registering with your email address, you are emailed all of the pdfs.

Below you will find downloadable pdf files for some key Culture of Thinking resources. The research and theoretical basis for the Cultures of Thinking work can be found in my book, Intellectual Character.

International attention has been focused on workers' safety in Bangladesh since the disaster at Rana Plaza, a garment factory complex which collapsed in April, killing 1,132 workers. As concern runs high about the safety of garment workers, Reuters photographer Andrew Biraj spent time photographing survivors of the Rana Plaza collapse and also documenting the lives of workers in other industries in Bangladesh, where conditions can be hazardous.

The photo essays complete a body of a long term work that Suvra Kanti Das is carrying out on the garments industry and business in Bangladesh with a particular focus on workers and their working conditions. Most recent essays first.

Soundcities is an online database of the thousands of city sounds and soundmaps from around the world.The Global soundmaps project. The Soundcities website allows the audience the possibility to remix the hundreds of samples recorded from around the world. Soundcities is an online database of the thousands of city and urban sounds from around the world.