NASA Names Headquarters After Mary Jackson, Its First Black Female Engineer || by Rachel Treisman ~ NPR

Posted by News from Around and About • Posted on 06/28/2020 at 10:49AM General Interest • History • See more by News from Around and About

NASA Names Headquarters After Mary Jackson, Its First Black Female Engineer The agency will name its Washington, D.C., headquarters after the pioneering scientist whose Space Race-era contributions gained recognition in the 2016 film Hidden Figures. NPR.org

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The Airline Bailout Loophole: Companies Laid Off Workers, Then Got Money Meant to Prevent Layoffs || by Justin Elliott and Jeff Ernsthausen ~ ProPublica

Posted by News from Around and About • Posted on 07/07/2020 at 07:21PM General Interest • Government • See more by News from Around and About

Three airline industry companies slated to receive $338 million in public money designed to preserve jobs in the hard-hit industry have laid off thousands of workers anyway, according to Treasury disclosure filings and public layoff data.....Read more

The Airline Bailout Loophole: Companies Laid Off Workers, Then Got Money Meant to Prevent Layoffs Three companies including Gate Gourmet, a global provider of airline meals, received $338 million in relief money for workers — and laid workers off anyway. ProPublica

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"America was founded on the radical idea that all men are created equal" || by Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American

Posted by News from Around and About • Posted on 07/04/2020 at 09:56AM General Interest • Government • See more by News from Around and About

And on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." .........Read more