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...remains unknown, but his fate and that of 22 of his countrymen who died on that Feb. 5 night in 2004 was a reminder of the dangers facing illegal immigrants in Britain. Like many other Chinese migrants who find their way to northern England, those who died had found shift work as cockle pickers on the mudflats of Morecambe Bay. It was a cruel existence of grueling hours, perilous tides and pathetic pay, but one that largely escaped the notice of authorities and citizens...
...that changed with the night's events. It was already late by the time the 35 illegal workers trudged out onto the mudflats for their shift, armed with fishing permits gained with false documentation. They could not read the signs warning them of the tides, and neither they nor their gang boss heeded locals' advice not to venture too far. Eventually 11 workers headed back to escape the icy wind and rain. By 10 p.m., 21 had drowned and two were missing, never to be found. Only one man, Li Hua, was rescued from the inky water that night, plucked...
...brutal assault when he was 26 broke his neck and put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. It also helped spark a shift on the professional football field, where New England Patriots receiver Darryl Stingley took the intentional hit from Oakland Raider Jack Tatum during a 1978 exhibition game. Tatum, who defended his play, saying "My best hits border on felonious assault," was not penalized, never apologized and later wrote books billing himself as an "NFL assassin." Stingley visited paralyzed players, started a nonprofit group for inner-city kids and forgave Tatum. "It was only after...
After finishing their shift at Petrobras' Reduc refinery on the edge of Rio de Janeiro one recent spring night, dozens of workers sprinted through the rain toward the company's cavernous canteen. After sandwiches and soft drinks, they sorted themselves into small groups and got down to work. In one corner, an elderly woman hunched over a book trying to figure out whether 99˘ was more than or less than 69˘. In another, three men helped one another with composition exercises. And in a third, workers slapped down dominoes marked with letters in place of dots. "You can see people...
...Professor of Health Policy and a co-author of the study. Miller said that he hoped that the study would resonate outside of the medical community, too. “The goal here is to create an understanding of the risks that are involved in gun ownership and possibly shift social norms about meaning of gun ownership and the actuality that having a gun actually imperils rather than protects,” he said...