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’ve got 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 where intriguing scientists and engineers talk about their surprising lives outside the proverbial lab. In one such episodes, I once saw Tanzeem … Read more…