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Back to SearchIs there any hope for a broken immigration system?
Everyone likes to say America is a nation of immigrants, right? But here’s the thing: the country’s history also reveals that the United States has c…
3 years, 9 months ago
Problems in the teaching pipeline: how to change recruitment & retention trends
Lots of factors are working against teachers these days. Among the biggest? Pay, politicization of their profession, and the ripple effects of the pa…
3 years, 9 months ago
Meta, Crocs, and cream cheese - the fastest growing brands of 2022
Every year, Morning Consult releases a report on the fastest growing brands based on consumer polls. In 2022, Crocs made a comeback, Major League Bas…
3 years, 9 months ago
Recession or revival? Predictions for the 2023 economy.
In 2022, inflation was the big economic buzzword. Interest rates kept going up, as did gas prices, but the job market started to turn around. Where d…
3 years, 9 months ago
“Big Brother really is watching today” - New uses of facial recognition technology
Facial recognition technology has been used for security purposes for decades. But today, businesses are using it to track and identify consumers and…
3 years, 9 months ago
What broke Southwest Airlines?
At one point last week, 84% of Southwest Airlines flights through Philadelphia were canceled, and nationally, they were canceling two to three thousa…
3 years, 9 months ago
"I don't think I'll be remembered long": Angelo Cataldi reflects, looks ahead
Angelo Cataldi expects the next phase of his life to be tough, at least the transitional part. For the last 30-plus years, he’s dominated Philadelphi…
3 years, 9 months ago
“I’m here to finish the job”: Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney reflects on a(nother) tough year
Does Jim Kenney really want his job? Philadelphia’s mayor brought this question upon himself on July 4th, when he said during a media briefing, “I’ll…
3 years, 9 months ago
Democrats consider shifting primary schedule: will it matter?
Back in 2020, the South Carolina primary altered the trajectory of Joe Biden's presidential hopes. Now, halfway through his first term, the Palmetto …
3 years, 10 months ago
Diamond, gold, and lasers: the makings of a nuclear fusion breakthrough
Given the way things have gone the past year, fuel independence sounds pretty good right about now, doesn’t it? That’s just one of several major impl…
3 years, 10 months ago