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Balbir Singh Sodhi was so torn up by the attacks on America that he told his friends and family he wanted to go to New York City to help any way he could. He never got the chance.

Carl Askew has seen the aftermath of deadly hurricanes, tornados, earth quakes, wildfires and floods. He never expected that the worst disaster he’d ever see would be man-made.

Taking a stand for New Era Cap Co.’s embattled workers, Duke University has joined the Worker Rights Consortium and delayed the renewal of its contract for ball caps made by the Derby, N.Y., company.

Janu Akther, a 22-year-old factory worker from Bangladesh, was stunned to learn that baseball caps she sews for pennies an hour in one of her country’s notorious sweatshops sell for nearly $20 in the United States.

Labor Celebrates Other 2001 Victories, Prepares for 2002