by Sarah Anne Lloyd interestingfacts.com The iconic American mall emerged in the 1950s as a “third place” — a social environment separate from home and work — for the growing suburbs. Typically anchored by a department store, malls offered shoppers a chance to reach multiple places on foot, at least once they parked …
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The Blind At Work: Two Stories, Two Traumas
by Kevin Burton Just a sampling today, as you carry on with life, of what blind people face every day when they dare go into the workforce. Our first look is in New Jersey, the second, across the Atlantic in Wales. I could string all the news like this into a blog …
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Wrestling Teams Think Outside The Box
by Kevin Burton Once in a great while, the human reaction to the Covid 19 crisis makes me smile. Earlier this month, Wichita Northwest and Bishop Carroll high schools held their wrestling meet outdoors, so parents could watch the matches for the first time this season. To that point parents had been barred …