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Vehicle Electrification: Key to a More Secure America – and a Sustainable Future

Business and Tech

The auto industry and the White House have committed to an ambitious goal: 40-50 % EV sales for all new vehicles in the nation by 2030 (assuming the right policies are in place — more on that below). We did the math: That means there are 38 new EVs for every new public port. Drivers are responding and buying more EVs every month.

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Employers Making Strides To Improve Workplace Mental Health

Business and Tech

However, many employers across the nation over the past year took time to listen to their employees, examine policies, and update benefits that have a direct, personal impact on worker wellbeing. We knew there were challenges to employee mental health before the pandemic. Expressing job-related frustrations is an American tradition.

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The Stories We Tell Determine The Change We Can Achieve

Digital Tonto

We like to see ourselves as heroes fighting for everything that’s right and we question the motivations of those who oppose our cause. When we believe in something passionately, it’s hard to see how anyone, in good conscience, can see it another way. The stories we tell are important.

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Investing in Women Through Technology Training

Business and Tech

The biggest obstacle impacting women today is the subconscious biases impacting perception of competence,” said Shaddix, whose background includes marketing and tech policy research. “The Jin says that for women who want to expand their tech knowledge , doing so may not be as difficult as they think. Overcoming adversity.

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Transforming existing schools is an exercise in futility

Christensen Institute

Students who are comfortable with the routines of conventional schools don’t like having the rules changed mid- game. State officials expect innovative schools to still follow the policies made for conventional schools. Teachers don’t like discarding practices they’ve refined through years of experience. And the list goes on.

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The “hug” that America’s mothers need now

Christensen Institute

As we embark upon women’s history month, it appears 2024 is on track to be another stressful year for women in America. In the US, we have a long history of underinvesting in women’s health, which leads to worse health outcomes for women. But we know that isn’t the case. So, what can we do about it? as “solutions.”

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The Power of the Outsider Mindset

Destination Innovation

They are all famous entrepreneurs who founded successful new businesses. Immigrants have been awarded 37% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000, according to an analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy. We can become trapped in our way of thinking.