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Bangladeshis Build Careers in New York Traffic

Bangladeshis Build Careers in New York Traffic

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN Above a Korean fried chicken restaurant in Jackson Heights, Queens, Showkat Khan worked the room of mostly Bangladeshi men, speaking Bengali with a few English phrases mixed in, his enthusiastic message of opportunity broadcast through a crackling amp. At one point, he held aloft a copy of New York City’s Civil Service … Read more…

Secret Life of Scientists – Tanzeem Choudhury

Tanzeem Choudhury

Scientists are just like everyone else; they have secrets. So, who knows what happens when the lab coats come off? PBS’s Secret Life of Scientists is a series of short, web-exclusive videos in which fascinating scientists and engineers discuss their extraordinary lives outside of the lab. In one of these episodes, Tanzeem Choudhury, an Associate … Read more…