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Why the Adjunct Crisis is Everyone’s Business

by Rita Lilly, @New95 Associate, October 6. 2016 Unless you’re directly connected to an institution of higher learning, it’s easy to ignore the crisis adjunct professors are currently experiencing. In truth, it should hold meaning and cause concern for everyone. Here’s why. First, let’s look at how it affects students and how they, in turn, affect society as a whole. Many of us have fond memories…

The Amazingly Quick Walmart-ization Of America In One Map

During most of the 20th Century, there was no Walmart. Until the 1990s, most states didn’t have a Walmart. This map, which shows the growth of Walmart since its inception in 1962, shows the dramatic way that the Walmart corporation has become a cultural icon of sorts and a symbol of how corporate America has changed the face of our country – from one with a thriving middle class to one where…