The Singaporean government, which represents legal migrant workers in employment disputes and claims of exploitation, requires that they stay in the country until the disputes are settled. If they leave, their claims are closed. — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
My own experience with trains dates to long-ago childhood trips with my family in Mississippi to see my grandmother off at the station in… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
“They were following me because I was ahead of them, which is no way to choose a leader. Following someone simply because they're out… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
The ocean is the last frontier of human empirical knowledge; even the contours on that eighth-grader's globe are the product of a mix of… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
The slow pace of trains in the U.S. can be maddening, particularly during delays on rail sidings for an hour or more to enable… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
Left to their own devices, epidemic diseases tend to follow the same basic process: A virus or bacteria infects a host, who typically becomes… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
Without effective human intervention, epidemics and pandemics typically end only when the virus or bacteria has infected every available host and all have either… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
Conflict photographers grapple with two worlds that are themselves often in conflict - the one where bombs fall and bullets fly, where adrenaline runs… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
Life feels more vivid in a conflict zone. It is clear what matters, and who you can count on, for what. — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
Long-distance train conversations are unlike the perfunctory exchanges one normally associates with strangers, or the truncated, cut-to-the-chase kind that sometimes take place between seatmates… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
“Campaign ads are often nothing more than political taffy. The ingredients- the facts gathered by researchers such as Alan and me- are mixed together… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
Anyone who was alive during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century experienced something terrifyingly close to the widespread death and… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
