After just a few days of training, in a new language, the Somali “stowers” at MSP1 sort packages 10 hours a day. A computer tracks and rates your every move. The pressure to perform is physically and mentally exhausting.

Author Archives: Safiyo Mohamed
Safiyo Mohamed lives in Hopkins, Minnesota, where she is studying to earn her GED. She’s planning to go to college to enter the health-care profession, but her English teacher wants her to continue her writing career.