John Bowe

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  John Bowe, "Nobodies-American Slaves Today."New Yorker Magazine (April 28, 2003).

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  Published on: 10/12/2007    Last Visited: 10/29/2007  

  With "Nobodies," journalist John Bowe documents the mechanics and motivations of modern slavery
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  That's the view of John Bowe, a journalist who has spent the better part of the past decade studying the bonds, visible and invisible, that keep workers exploited.The result is "Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy" (Random House).
  
  Bowe follows Mexican migrant workers who cross the border illegally before being shipped to southern Florida, where they work 15-hour days six days a week picking the tomatoes that end up on trays at Taco Bell.When a worker is shot dead while trying to escape the barracks, the ensuing court case reveals a sordid operation that forces undocumented workers into debt peonage and controls every aspect of their lives.Bowe tells of a Tulsa steel company that lures Indian workers with the promise of luxurious living and a high-paying job.
  
  Instead, the workers, who have spent their life savings and more to pay for the trip, find themselves in crude barracks, eating spoiled food and receiving almost nothing in wages.In Saipan, a U.S. commonwealth located in the middle of the Pacific, where Bowe spent three years, an entire island economy depends on the exploitation of textile workers from China and Bangladesh.
  
  SeamstressDetailing their social and economic causes, these cases, says Bowe, are more than the result of "mean people being mean to their workers."
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  John Bowe: I think it varies from one case to the next.

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  Try a delightful offering from editor John Bowe, who worked closely with Studs Terkel, the man who has covered the workplace longer than Lewis has been alive.

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  Journalist John Bowe exposes the invisibility of forced labor among migrants and agricultural workers.

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  Published on: 3/6/2001    Last Visited: 9/8/2008  

  Edited by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, and Sabin Streeter
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  This makes sense, considering who the authors are: Marisa Bowe is the founding editor-in-chief of the Web magazine Word.com, Sabin Streeter is a Word senior editor, and John Bowe, Marisa's brother, is a New York-based freelance writer and filmmaker.

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  Published on: 5/28/2008    Last Visited: 6/1/2008  

  Book: The Missing Class by Katherine Newman and Victor Tan Chen (Beacon Press); Nobodies by John Bowe (Random House); Sick by Jonathan Cohn (HarperCollins); and Closing the Food Gap by Mark Winne (Beacon Press).

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  Published on: 12/5/2007    Last Visited: 12/5/2007  

  JOHN BOWE shines a light on Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global EconomyHarvard Book Store
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  Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy
  
  Harvard Book Store is pleased to welcome award-winning journalist JOHN BOWE, whose new work seeks to expose the outsourcing, corporate chicanery, immigration fraud, and sleights of hand that allow forced labor to continue in the United States today.
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  John Bowe's work has appared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The American Prospect, on National Public Radio's This American Life, in McSweeney's, and in other media.He is the co-editor of Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs, one of Harvard Business Review's best books of 2000, and co-screenwriter of the film Basquiat.In 2004, Bowe received the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award; the Sydney Hillman Award for journalists, writers, and public figures who pursue social justice and public policy for the common good; and the Richard J. Margolis Award, dedicated to journalism that combines social concern and humor.Mr. Bowe lives in Manhattan.

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  Published on: 5/15/2008    Last Visited: 5/15/2008  

  Author: John Bowe
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  John Bowe talks about slavery in the United States today.Mr. Bowe profiles companies that rely on unpaid or very poorly paid workers to keep their costs low.This talk was hosted by the Carnegie Council in New York City.
  
  About the Author John Bowe's work has appeared in the New Yorker, GQ, the American Prospect.He is co-editor of "Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs."

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  Published on: 11/14/2007    Last Visited: 11/30/2007  

  Journalist John Bowe exposes the invisibility of forced labor among migrants and agricultural workers.

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  John Bowe
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  John Bowe, award-winning journalist and author of Pulitzer Prize nominee Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy, examines how outsourcing, subcontracting, immigration fraud, and the relentless pursuit of "everyday low prices" have created a frightening new market for modern slavery.
  
  Program Description
  
  Bowe's eye-opening presentation describes a journey from shock and concern for abused immigrants to deeper worries about the health of American democracy. Given the prevalence of slavery throughout human history, Bowe explains, slavery and labor abuse simply aren't 'weird' or unusual at all. What's 'weird,' is that freedom and democracy have come as far as they have.
  
  Using thorough and often dangerous research, exclusive interviews, eyewitness accounts, and rigorous economic analysis, Bowe examines three illegal workplaces, where employees are literally or virtually enslaved. From rural Florida to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to the US Commonwealth of Saipan in the Western Pacific, he documents coercive and forced labor situations that benefit us all, as consumers and stockholders, fattening the profits of dozens of American food and clothing chains, including Wal-Mart, Kroger's, Macdonald's, Burger King, PepsiCo, Del Monte, the Gap, Target, JC Penney, J. Crew, Ralph Lauren/Polo, and others.
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  Bowe has appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," and has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, NPR and other outlets. He is the co-editor of Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs, named one of Harvard Business School's Ten Best Books of the Year, and co-screenwriter of the film "Basquiat". In 2004, Bowe received the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and the Sydney Hillman Award for journalists, writers, and public figures who pursue social justice and public policy for the common good.
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  John Bowe's website
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