Here’s this week’s newsletter: Fourth of July celebrations took place across America yesterday, our nation’s Independence being one of the few things that everyone can agree on. Perhaps another is the importance of work — but not just work. Rather, a good-paying job that, aside from providing a wage, also offers less tangible rewards like […]
Tag: Heartland
Tech jobs needed: How to bridge ‘skills’ and ‘opportunity’ gaps in the heartland
Worrying about a dystopian future of massive unemployment ushered in by automation seems like the latest parlor game for Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, small cities across America are already struggling to provide residents access to good-paying jobs, with municipalities often confronting — simultaneously — both a ‘skills gap’ and an ‘opportunity gap’. And this is especially […]
How SoftBank’s $50 billion investment could affect America’s heartland
Japanese telecom giant SoftBank made a splash last year by announcing plans to invest $ 50 billion in the U.S. as part of its massive $ 100 billion “vision fund.” According to company CEO Masayoshi Son, the company’s investments in U.S. firms will create roughly 50,000 jobs. One of the benefits of SoftBank’s approach is […]
Could an anti-Brexit independent unseat the Tories in their rural heartland?
Rural English seats have long been considered safe Tory terrain. But in the southwest constituency of East Devon, one pro-EU independent could be about to challenge that complacent assumption. Claire Wright, who has run a lively campaign against Brexit and cuts to the National Health Service (NHS), has invigorated the political debate in this oft-neglected […]
The Future of Self-Driving Cars in America's Heartland
Near Elkhart Lake in rural Wisconsin, racecar drivers call the track the “National Park of Speed” for the hundreds of campsites scattered along its forested four-mile course. For almost seven decades, spectators have watched cars jet by as they picnic on surrounding hillsides, which are often colorfully named after whatever group is known to down […]