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2 months ago | 
currentaffairs.org | Lily Sánchez |Allison Dean |Nathan J. Robinson
America’s air safety crisis, our automobile-congested cities, and our lack of high-speed rail and other options make getting places a real (and dangerous) pain in the ass. We desperately need safe, efficient, and enjoyable public transit. If I want to visit loved ones these days, I am completely dependent upon air travel.
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2 months ago | 
currentaffairs.org | Nathan J. Robinson |Allison Dean |Alex Skopic |Stephen Prager
Hegseth thinks we should disregard the Geneva conventions, embrace violence, and pursue a “clash of civilizations” war against Islam. He’s a terrifying Secretary of Defense who exposes the hollowness of Trump’s “peace” platform. In 2018, Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Kavanaugh’s confirmation process was contentious, because he was accused of having sexually abused a woman named Christine Blasey Ford when he was a teenager.
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2 months ago | 
currentaffairs.org | Allison Dean |Alex Skopic |Nathan J. Robinson |Stephen Prager
Both verb and noun, the term “sprawl” was used in the mid-20th century by the urban critic Lewis Mumford to describe landscapes that devour space and time, “increasing friction and frustration.” It is still the most evocative word we have for the awkward, ugly, automobile-centric places that blanket America today.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
cstoredecisions.com | Allison Dean
The National Advisory Group’s (NAG) Craig Neuhoff Memorial Scholarship is accepting applications through May 3. Any employee from a retail member company of NAG, who is seeking higher education for themselves or their child, is invited to apply for one of five $1,000 awards that will be given ahead of the 2024 fall semester. As the cost of tuition continues to increase at universities across the country, many college students can feel overwhelmed with the financial burden.
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Nov 26, 2023 | 
currentaffairs.org | Arjun S. Byju |Allison Dean |Peter Taylor
Current Affairs isAd-Freeand depends entirely on YOUR support. Can you help? Subscribe from 16 cents a day ($5 per month) A Magazine of Politics and Culture Sign In Current Affairs’s all-new Single Issue page is coming soon. Financial reporter Zeke Faux, author of a new book on Sam Bankman-Fried and the bizarre world of crypto scams, joins to tell us what he witnessed in crypto-world.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
znetwork.org | Allison Dean |Mansa Musa
A 1995 robbery gone wrong in the town of Tulare, California, ended with the murder of five people. For years, the police were unable to pin the case on anyone—until they arrested Timothy James Young. The sole evidence in the case against Young was the word of Anthony Wolfe, a jailhouse informant who was not present at the scene of the crime. Nevertheless, Young was sentenced to death in 2001. 16 years later, the state of California is about to proceed with his execution.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
currentaffairs.org | Allison Dean |Ronald Purser |Samuel McDonald |Lily Sánchez
Current Affairs isAd-Freeand depends entirely on YOUR support. Can you help? Subscribe from 16 cents a day ($5 per month) A Magazine of Politics and Culture Sign In Current Affairs’s all-new Single Issue page is coming soon. Journalist Alyssa Hardy on how we can appreciate and enjoy clothes while still being determined to change the ways they are made and marketed.
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Sep 17, 2023 | 
currentaffairs.org | Arjun S. Byju |Allison Dean |Alex Skopic
Like many Americans, I live in a place with a lot of “stroads.” We’ve all seen stroads: highway-like commercial strips lined with fast-food restaurants, big-box stores, and parking lots. A stroad is trying to be a street and a road simultaneously and doing neither well. Slower-moving vehicles entering and exiting a stroad in order to patronize stores (the “street” use) conflict with vehicles trying to get somewhere fast (the “road” use).
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Sep 17, 2023 | 
currentaffairs.org | Arjun S. Byju |Allison Dean
Like many Americans, I live in a place with a lot of “stroads.” We’ve all seen stroads: highway-like commercial strips lined with fast-food restaurants, big-box stores, and parking lots. A stroad is trying to be a street and a road simultaneously and doing neither well. Slower-moving vehicles entering and exiting a stroad in order to patronize stores (the “street” use) conflict with vehicles trying to get somewhere fast (the “road” use).
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Jul 11, 2023 | 
cstoredecisions.com | Allison Dean
The posting period for Department of Justice (DOJ) mandated corrective-statement signage began July 1, 2023, for retail stores that have manufacturer cigarette promotion programs in place with Altria Group Inc., Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and ITG Brands LLC. Signage is currently being distributed by an appointed third-party called Footprint Solutions. Your store teams should be aware that the signage is coming and that the signs should not be removed.
