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Oct 04 2022
Analysis
Bridging The Digital Divide And The Gender Gap
“Make sure to wear shoes, ladies. There’s glass everywhere.”
Or so the now-famous slogan goes. But putting aside historical moments of hope when the glass ceiling for women has become the glass floor, it’s been a rough few years for gender equality.
Women have suffered disproportionately throughout the pandemic; they are more likely to be the primary caregiver, carry the domestic
ForbesApr 22 2024
News
Supreme Court divided over homeless ban and rights of the unhoused
Supreme Court justices expressed concern on Monday about punishing homeless people for sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go while also struggling with how to ensure local and state leaders have the flexibility to deal with the growing number of unhoused individuals nationwide. The court’s review of a set of Oregon anti-camping laws could lead to the most significant ruling on the
Washington PostApr 16 2024
News
Inside Baltimore’s bridge rebuild
PORT IN A STORM — 10 tugs, 9 barges, 8 salvage vessels and 7 cranes, including the Chesapeake 1000 — one of the largest marine cranes on the Eastern Seaboard — have descended on Baltimore. In the wake of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, when the cargo ship Dali lost control and collided with a key support pillar, $60 million in emergency federal funds and numerous salvage
PoliticoApr 20 2024
News
Blue Mesa bridge closed indefinitely
Colorado state officials closed the “Middle Bridge” that crosses Blue Mesa Reservoir on Thursday, April 18, after state engineers found a crack in the steel. The closure, west of Gunnison, is located between mile marker 131 (the intersection with Hwy. 92) and mile marker 138, near the popular Dillon Pinnacles hike “Local traffic will be allowed through the closure point to reach residents, but
Gunnison Country TimesApr 24 2024
News
Arkansas bridge conditions top U.S. average
Almost 95% of Arkansas' 12,808 bridges are in good or fair condition. Why it matters: America's bridge infrastructure — long seen as dysfunctional — has been steadily improving for the last 20 years, Axios' Will Chase reports. • The number of bridges rated poor — or an equivalent metric — by the federal government's bridge inventory has fallen from 15% in 2000 to 6.8% in 2023. Driving the news
AxiosApr 23 2024
News
Prepare For A Slow, Spendy Baltimore Bridge Rebuild
There is an old adage in the construction industry. All customers want their project three ways — good, fast, and cheap. No such projects exist in reality, but owners can sometimes have two of the three. Fast and inexpensive but shoddy. Quick and good but expensive. You get the drift. Extrapolate that concept to a perfect new bridge or highway with all the bells and whistles, with which
The FederalistJan 18 2018
Perspectives Blog
Bridging the Divide on Free Speech
Should all speech be protected? Is some speech too hateful for the public sphere? When it comes to free speech on campus, the left and right diverge on how to move forward. But is there common ground?
This article is the first in a series representing a collaboration between The Saturday Evening Post and AllSides. The purpose of the series is to take a divisive issue and explore not
Billy BinionNov 02 2016
News
The Politics of US: Bridging divides
Ninth in a 10-part weekly series. The Politics of US looks at polarizing topics to help deepen understanding of the issues – and respect for those with differing views. This installment looks at pockets of America where civility is prevailing.
Christian Science MonitorApr 18 2024
News
12% of Louisiana bridges are in poor condition
Louisiana has almost twice as many bridges in poor condition as the national average, federal numbers show. Why it matters: While the bridge collapse in Baltimore was due to a series of unlikely accidents rather than crumbling infrastructure, the incident has put renewed focus on the vulnerability of bridges across the U.S. The big picture: 12.2% of Louisiana bridges are in poor condition
AxiosApr 22 2024
News
Tree planting divides Charlotte; 3 officials resign from volunteer board
This story by Liberty Darr was first published by the News & Citizen on April 18. A stir over tree planting at recent Charlotte Selectboard meetings has left the town without a tree warden and two deputy tree wardens as all three resigned recently from their positions. What began as an effort to plant trees along State Park Road has turned into a chaotic debacle over process, contracts and
VT Digger