Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer whose case was explored in the hit podcast Serial, is getting a new trial. Syed is serving a life sentence…
A Syrian refugee became a local hero after finding $55,000 cash and turning it in to the police
Not all heroes wear capes. A Syrian refugee living in Germany was praised by the local police after committing a small act of selflessness. The…
ESE TIPO NO PAGA
Los jornaleros indocumentados ahora tendrán una nueva manera de combatir el robo de salario
Read this in English. Omar Trinidad empezó a trabajar como jornalero cuando emigró de México a los Estados Unidos hace nueve años. Hace seis años,…
NO PAY NO WAY
Immigrant laborers have a new tool to fight back against rampant wage theft in the US
Leer en español. Omar Trinidad immigrated to the US from Mexico nine years ago and started working as a jornalero, as day laborers are known…
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Ikea is recalling one of its most popular items of furniture after three toddler deaths
Ikea, the low-cost furniture giant, is recalling 29 million of its popular Malm dressers after they caused the deaths of three children. News of the…
URBAN DWELLERS
Y Combinator’s next project is a better city
Cities designed for humans are hard to come by. At least that’s what Mountain View, California-based Y Combinator thinks. According to an announcement on the…
OVERTURNED
The Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion restrictions
The US Supreme Court today (June 27) overturned a Texas law that severely limited access to abortion. Justices voted 5-3 to strike down the bill…
NOT WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
Doctors are telling their patients to get fitness trackers, and they aren’t listening
It seems patients aren’t quite getting the message when their doctors recommend incorporating wearables and other fitness trackers into their lives. About 30,000 US patients…
PRIDE
President Obama just designated Stonewall the first US national monument for LGBT rights
US president Barack Obama on Friday (June 24) designated the Stonewall Inn, an underground gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village , a national monument,…
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Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation is investing millions in a company that trains coders in Africa
![Ndeye Astou Fall, 22, works at a call centre in Senegal's capital Dakar, June 23, 2006. With some of the best telecommunications on the continent, plenty of cheap labour, strong historic links with [France] and relative political stability, Senegal is increasingly taking on [Morocco and Tunisia in the battle for the French call centre outsourcing market.]](https://qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/software.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=270)
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are betting on Africa as the next hotbed of technological talent. Andela, the Lagos-based company that trains and deploys software…
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Amazon Prime’s next target customer is the Target customer
Target has a supply problem. The discount retailer has too much unsold merchandise on its shelves, and hasn’t figured out how to get all of…
“There will never be anyone like him”—Asia remembers Muhammad Ali
Three-time heavyweight world champion Muhammad Ali wasn’t just an incredible athlete, but also the face of goodwill to nations around the world. In 1979, Ali…
