This disturbing letter apparently from a Chinese slave laborer pleading for help was discovered by Portland’s Julie Keith in a box of Halloween decorations she bought at K-mart. (Photo via OregonLive.com)

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.