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Publications

Wilson Quarterly

World

Nowhere to Turn

A Nepali immigrant tries to survive, and support a family back home, on a cab driver’s wages in Qatar.

J. Zach Hollo Wilson Quarterly 15min Permalink

Secondhand Stories in a Rusting Steel City

An independent pawn store stumbles along in an economically depressed Pennsylvania town.

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Robyn K. Coggins Wilson Quarterly Apr 2015 10min Permalink

Arts World

Gandhi's Invisible Hands

The team of assistants that made Gandhi.

Ian Desai Wilson Quarterly Sep 2010 30min Permalink

World

The Traffic Guru

A Dutch traffic engineer showed that streets without signs are safer than those cluttered with arrows, painted lines, and lights.

Tom Vanderbilt Wilson Quarterly Jun 2008 25min Permalink