The author of the op-ed is Scott Newgent, self-described as “a 48-year-old transgender man.” What Newgent has written is courageous, deeply revealing, poignant, and accurate.
Warning on the segregation of school students and the risk to business
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An increasing lack of social mobility and segregation in schooling has been blamed for limiting career opportunities and the creation of “boardroom bubbles”.
In his book,
The End of Aspiration? Social mobility and our children’s fading prospects, British author Duncan Exley explores the impact of social mobility on major corporations and found it narrowed their ability to source the best talent.
Exley argues that “boardroom bubbles” are partly the result of companies recruiting senior managers from an international elite rather than developing the talent of existing employees with hands-on knowledge of their business. He gives the example of a company that was given repeated safety warnings from workers before two consecutive explosions resulted in multiple deaths and injuries.
General Assembly
Holcomb defends veto from last year
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Senate voted 30-17 Monday to override Gov. Eric Holcomb s veto of a bill last year banning local governments from regulating landlord-tenant rules.
Opponents say it is landlord-friendly and will lead to a crisis in evictions during a pandemic. Supporters say standard rules should apply statewide and a trailer bill will fix any concerns about vagueness.
Sen. Aaron freeman, R-Indianapolis, said landlords are hurting, too.
“Lots of people haven t received a nickel since March,” he said. “There are two sides to every coin.”
But Sen. Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, said different cities have different needs, such as university communities with student rentals versus smaller counties and urban cities.
In a sign that some members
of Congress intend to hold President Joe Biden accountable
for climate promises he made as a candidate, three lawmakers
on Thursday introduced a bill directing him to declare a
national climate emergency and mobilize every resource
available to halt, reverse, mitigate, and prepare for this
crisis. Scientists and experts are clear,
this is a climate emergency and we need to take action. Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Reps. Earl
Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)
joined with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to spearhead the National
Climate Emergency Act of 2021 (pdf) which builds on a
climate emergency resolution demanding a national