A third of America’s malls are going to shut permanently by 2021, according to one former department store executive, as their demise is accelerated due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A third of America’s malls will disappear by next year: Jan Kniffen
I’m just saying that with a little ingenuity we could go a long way to solving the country’s affordable housing problem if this really comes to pass.
The US Army currently has 10 bases and facilities named after leaders of the Confederacy. Within the next few months, that number could possibly drop to zero.
The racist history behind 10 US Army facilities named after Confederate leaders, explained – Vox
Don’t you?
The U.S. government has granted contracts worth as much as $25 billion as it races to address the COVID-19 public health crisis. NPR reviewed a database of thousands of contracting actions and found more than 250 companies that got contracts worth more than $1 million without going through a fully competitive bidding process.
In U.S. Scramble To Fight Pandemic, Contracts Given Without Full Competition : NPR
Between this and the story that the Treasury Department won’t release the names of companies getting PPP loans, it’s almost like the same people who demand welfare and SNAP reform on the grounds of “waste” and “fraud” aren’t actually as committed to financial responsibility as they claim to be.
Companies across the country say the pandemic is interfering with their ability to comply with laws that protect the public from pollution.
States Face Wave Of Environmental Waiver Requests : NPR
Seems to me if you had systems and processes in place before hand, it wouldn’t be that big of a struggle to keep just not polluting.
An under appreciated (at least in the long term) movie that I remember loving and need to rewatch in the near future.
Bill Duke on the Making of His Essential Thriller Deep Cover
This has happened to me and is one of the big reasons I stopped using these sites.
People who turned to Upwork to find freelance gigs say they’ve lost thousands of dollars to scams
As we discuss state budgets running dry because of pandemic-related drops in business revenue and taxes, this story explores a big reason so many coffers were so bare to begin with.
Also, why this was a bad deal for Hoffman Estates, which now has a massive entertainment complex to manage.
Good overview of a character I always kind of enjoyed.
Saying employees are “cutting corners” when it comes to at-home security is fine, but how many of those corners only exist because someone wanted to sign a vendor agreement instead of it actually being essential?
Source: Cybersecurity: Half of employees admit they are cutting corners when working from home | ZDNet
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