In his new book, Cobalt Red, Kara writes that much of the ... The mines have taken over everything. Siddharth Kara Imagine an entire population of people who cannot survive without scrounging ...

Siddharth Kara’s “Cobalt Red” takes a deep dive into the horrors of mining the valuable mineral — and the many who benefit from others’ suffering. By Matthieu Aikins When you purchase an ...

But those who dig up the valuable mineral often work in horrific and dangerous conditions, says Siddharth Kara, an international expert on modern-day slavery and author of Cobalt Red: How the ...

Siddharth Kara is a researcher and activist on modern ... He is also an author. His new book is Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives. During this podcast, Professor Kara reveals ...

Cobalt Red: how the blood of the Congo powers our lives, by Siddharth Kara, has been making waves. Released in April and tailored for a non-specialist audience, it has quickly become a New York ...

Siddharth Kara witnessed “utterly subhuman degradation ... who is the author of four nonfiction books, most recently “Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives,” which ...

The video has already racked up over 1 million views. Siddharth Kara, author of “Cobalt Red: How The Blood of The Congo Powers Our Lives,” told podcast host Joe Rogan that there’s no such ...

“Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives” by Siddharth Kara; St. Martin’s (288 pages, $30) You, the smartphone addict. The modern nomad, lugging your fancy laptop. The ...

read “Cobalt Red.” It will leave you almost as shaken as its author, Siddharth Kara, who braved lawless militia and state-backed soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo as he visited the ...

NEW YORK, NY – The 2024 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on May 6 by Columbia University, with Siddharth Kara’s groundbreaking work “Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives ...

Siddharth Kara investigated their plight in his book, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (St. Martin's Press, January), and in this interview he discusses with Newsweek his ...

Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the... How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the ...