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reporter @axios , writing about the tech and biz trends changing our lives — Email me: erica @axios .com

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Erica Pandey
5 years
NBA debacle is just the latest example of the Chinese Communist Party trying to influence what Americans say on sensitive issues. This isn't a covert operation. It’s China using market power to bully American companies and orgs in broad daylight.
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5 years
The staggering value of K-pop band BTS — accounts for $4.65 billion of South Korea’s GDP, which is on par with Samsung
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Public schools have shed nearly 1.5 million students during the pandemic — they’re going to charter schools, private schools and homeschooling
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6 years
Great day at the beer garden, @darth .
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6 years
Students from Parkland, Florida are speaking directly to Washington. Read on @axios -David Hogg to President Trump: "Are you kidding me? ... You sicken me." -Cameron Kasky to Sen. Rubio: "Your job to protect us and our blood is on your hands."
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4 years
Harvard says 20% (!) of its incoming freshmen are deferring. That seems to be the trend: 22% of college students across all four years are planning not to enroll this fall, per a new College Reaction/Axios poll
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UPDATE: Cruz's office says he's no longer endorsing Roy Moore — “I am not able to urge the people of Alabama to support his candidacy so long as these allegations remain unrefuted."
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5 years
An NBA GM has done a better job of alerting the U.S. to the China threat than any politician.
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2 years
The new working world ... Some CEOs are in denial, believing things will revert to normal. The data says: Fat chance, boss. -People moved. -They're demanding flexibility. -They'll quit if you take flex away.
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4 years
Grocery, delivery and warehouse workers are on the frontlines, fighting the coronavirus pandemic
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6 years
Peter Navarro is the most hardline protectionist in the White House. But in his 1984 book — which I found at the GWU library — he argues that tariffs will inevitably send the global economy into crisis.
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5 years
Exclusive ... New reporting from @jonathanvswan and me on a first piece of evidence to answer the question: who is paying Steve Bannon?
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4 years
Some "Mulan" scenes were filmed in Xinjiang amid cultural genocide against indigenous minorities. In the credits, Disney thanks the Chinese Communist Party. Yet another glaring example of China's vise grip on American companies.
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4 years
The economic impact of the coronavirus is about to get even worse: The weather is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and much of what made the last few months bearable is vanishing
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6 years
Trump tweeted that his approval ratings are "around 50%, which is higher than Obama." Fact check: RealClearPolitics' average places Trump's approval at 40.9%, significantly lower than Obama's approval (48.5%) at the same time during his presidency.
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5 years
As the chasm between the richest and the rest widens, one entity is heavily profiting from the blight: the dollar store. Today, there are about 30,000 dollar stores. And in many of America’s most distressed towns, they’re the only retail option.
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3 years
Stunning stat: Just 5% of private schools were virtual this fall. Compare that with the 62% of public schoolkids who started the fall on Zoom.
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3 years
Lack of child care is now the third-most cited reason for not working, behind layoffs and furloughs.
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6 years
In a breakthrough, archaeologists uncovered a vast network of centuries-old Mayan cities beneath northern Guatemalan forests, via @AxiosWorld
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6 years
After two years of assailing his predecessors for putting Chinese workers before Americans, President Trump today said he directing his administration to reverse the effective shutdown of ZTE in order to save Chinese jobs.
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3 years
Amazon has 21% of the U.S. shipping market — right behind UPS (24%) and ahead of FedEx (16%).
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3 years
will gladly take it
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Nepal maps are art. Nice tree. Naturally lit. Add more art/color. 8/10 @erica_pandey
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3 years
Job postings requiring employees to get vaccinated before applying are on the rise, and more and more firms say they'll terminate existing employees who refuse to get the shot.
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Erica Pandey
4 years
The structural failings in American policing begin with the training that officers receive There are more than 18,000 police departments in the U.S., but no federal standard on how their officers should be trained
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Erica Pandey
5 years
Andrew Yang gets media cold shoulder
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Erica Pandey
5 years
The trends driving retail — speedy delivery, zero shipping fees and fast fashion — are harming the environment. And there's little incentive for big companies to consider their impact.
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Erica Pandey
3 years
Work-wherever turns to work-whenever Much of society — from after-school programs to the coveted time slots for TV shows — is structured around working from 9 to 5. But remote work demonstrated that hours don't matter as long as the work gets done.
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Erica Pandey
2 years
. @Vinny__C22 do you finally concede that our overhead lighting sucks and we need to fill this home with lovely lamps??
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Good depth. New Yorker. Flowers. Home of Ol’ Blue Eyes. Tamp down lighting. 8/10 @erica_pandey
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Erica Pandey
6 years
Rubio will introduce a bill Wednesday that would bar Chinese-owned companies from qualifying for small business assistance
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Erica Pandey
6 years
Trump goes after British Prime Minister on Twitter, but tags the wrong "Theresa May" via @axios
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Erica Pandey
7 years
Add Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank to the list, via @axios
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Erica Pandey
3 years
Staggering stat: 53% of Americans would switch to a role in an entirely new industry if they had to opportunity to retrain
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Erica Pandey
6 years
Apple is cutting the cost of replacing the battery on most newer iPhones to $29 from $79 after facing backlash for deliberately slowing down old iPhones
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Erica Pandey
3 years
63% of office workers surveyed across several countries like the hybrid working model, 20% want to work from home full time, and *just 12%* want to go back to the office five days a week, according to new data from Slack
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Erica Pandey
4 years
In America, it's better to be born wealthy — which often means white — than to be born smart.
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Erica Pandey
4 years
The amount of gasoline American drivers are consuming dropped to levels not seen in more than 25 years (via @AmyAHarder )
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Erica Pandey
7 years
Why it matters: It's another rejection for Trump.
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Erica Pandey
2 years
MacKenzie Scott has given away a staggering $12 billion to charities in just 3 years — zooming past fellow billionaires in both dollar amount and percentage of net worth donated
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Erica Pandey
4 years
Nationally, around 25% of workers have returned to offices. -In Los Angeles, 32% have gone back, and in Dallas, 40%. -But only 12% of New Yorkers have returned.
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Erica Pandey
6 years
Axios' @jonathanvswan gets Trump's first question at the joint presser with May!!
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Erica Pandey
5 years
NBER: 43% of white students admitted to Harvard were recruited athletes, legacy, children of faculty or related to big donors ~75% of them “would have been rejected if they had been" considered w/o those factors
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Erica Pandey
1 year
The Eras Tour's impact goes beyond just ticket and merch sales — fans are spending big on travel, lodging, fashion and food when they attend shows Case in point: Houston says the Eras Tour rush was a bigger than that of the NCAA Final Four
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Erica Pandey
5 years
Amazon — which is already squeezing other retailers with its cheaper, faster shipping — is going to start offering free 1-day shipping to Prime members.
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Erica Pandey
4 years
Super excited to be authoring @Axios ' newest newsletter. I'll start by diving into how the pandemic is transforming jobs & the workplace. Sign up to get tmrw's inaugural edition: And ask me Qs, which I'll be answering on Tuesday:
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Axios' @erica_pandey launches her Axios @Work newsletter tomorrow! Sign up to explore the economic and social shifts upending the workplace, especially during the coronavirus crisis:
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Erica Pandey
2 years
TikTok amassed 1 billion users faster than nearly ever other social media app in history. Here's what you need to know about its rise and its powerful algorithm
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Erica Pandey
6 years
There was a 17% drop in international students in the U.S. last year, reports @StefWKight : -28% decline in Indian students receiving visas -24% decline in Chinese students receiving visas
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Erica Pandey
4 years
The U.S. unemployment rate is at its lowest in several decades. But 53 million Americans work in low-wage jobs with median annual earnings of $18,000 — and many of those jobs are in the automation bullseye.
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Erica Pandey
3 years
Unions have been losing power in the U.S. for decades now. But a number of factors are coming together and setting the stage for a union renaissance.
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Erica Pandey
5 years
Today marks 2 years since my first day at @axios , where I’ve met some of my best friends, worked with brilliant editors and been on HBO (!!!!!). THANK YOU @JGreenDC for bringing me on board.
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Erica Pandey
6 years
NEW: Congress keeps accelerating its campaign against China, this time with a bipartisan bill from Rubio and Cortez-Masto that would uncover Chinese political influence operations
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Erica Pandey
3 years
A whopping 40% of college students and recent graduates prefer fully in-person work, according to a new @Generation_Lab poll. That's starkly different from the rest of the workforce: Just 12% of all office workers want to go back full time
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Erica Pandey
4 years
The U.S. now has more than 200,000 coronavirus deaths Black and Latino Americans are dying at about three times the rate of white Americans.
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Erica Pandey
3 years
In less than a year, the pandemic shot us more than a decade ahead in the workplace transformation. We'll see lasting impacts on company culture, the job market, demographics and cities.
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Erica Pandey
5 years
I fractured an elbow in a scooter accident and typed some words about it with my uninjured hand for Axios Future
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Erica Pandey
4 years
Schools’ flip-flopping on reopening is hurting already-vulnerable students and exhausting teachers
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Erica Pandey
3 years
The crazy backed-up wedding industry: Venues are booked through 2022, and even into 2023, and florists, photographers and planners are working overtime.
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7 years
Teens are growing up more slowly — drinking, driving and dating later than they used to, via @axios :
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3 years
Teacher shortage is squeezing America's schools: There were 575,000 fewer local and state education employees in October 2021 than in February 2020 Why? It pays more to work at McDonald's than substitute teach in this country
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Erica Pandey
4 years
Nearly 30 million Americans are spending their 20s in the same place they spent their grade school years: at home with their parents. "It is definitely not where I thought I’d be at this stage in my life.”
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Erica Pandey
3 years
-The U.S. will see a shortage of up to 122,000 physicians by 2032 -There are 363 nurse practitioner job postings for every applicant and 53 registered nurse postings per applicant
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Erica Pandey
4 years
-Parents (1/3 of U.S. workforce) are losing ~8 hours/day due to child care during the pandemic -Even *before* the pandemic, inadequate child care was costing parents $37 billion/year in lost income and employers $13 billion/year in lost productivity
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Erica Pandey
4 years
Work for a company with a CEO who lets you impersonate him during a live event
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This is a damn impressive make-fun-of-Jim performance by ⁦ @erica_pandey
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Erica Pandey
6 years
Today, @AxiosVisuals created 4 maps that are bad for rural America. They're China's tariff targets: Health care costs high: Lots aren't getting tax cuts: Deadly infectious diseases:
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Erica Pandey
5 years
Amazon has beat out FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service to become its own biggest shipper, per Rakuten Intelligence analysis of millions of tracking numbers
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Erica Pandey
7 years
Hit by back-to-back hurricanes and $73 billion in debt, Puerto Rico is dealing with a crisis of historic proportions
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Erica Pandey
3 years
The U.S. economy could take a $14 trillion to $28 trillion blow in the long run due to coronavirus-induced learning loss, according to economists' projections. The longer the pandemic keeps kids out of classrooms, the higher that number will climb.
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Erica Pandey
4 years
The future of moving p.s. I moved to New York City this weekend
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Erica Pandey
2 years
We have too much stuff (and the U.S. has some 50,000 storage facilities to hold it all). But more stuff often means more stress. An idea to sleep on from @axios Finish Line:
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Erica Pandey
6 years
NYPD deputy chief says recent sexual misconduct allegations may become a "watershed moment," changing the way sex crimes investigations are conducted.
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Erica Pandey
6 years
The Chinese are offering up attractive infrastructure projects to the countries that need them most and following up with escalating demands for influence. The latest on Africa:
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Erica Pandey
3 years
Restaurants from Miami to Martha’s Vineyard to Los Angeles are facing the same problem: not enough workers.
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Erica Pandey
6 years
Asians tend to be among the best-educated and highest-earning immigrants to the U.S. But that image of privilege is true for only some Asians. Immigrants from my country, Nepal, earn $25k on average, even though 57.5% of them have college degrees.
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2 years
9 in 10 execs think camera-off employees won't last at the company Among the reasons to turn your camera off in a zoom: -zoom fatigue from two years of video meetings -caring for your kids -roommates in your background there are many, many more
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6 years
How Beijing’s Department of Propaganda controls what the Chinese people see, hear and think
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2 years
"If you are going to eat shit, don’t nibble." - @bhorowitz This applies to quitting something, apologizing, owning up, and firing someone, @JimVandeHei writes
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5 years
Never before has authoritarian governments' ability to silence America's rich and powerful been so starkly on display.
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Erica Pandey
4 years
Here’s what reopening universities this fall might look like: -zoom lectures -no parties -no spectators at games Bottom line: Most colleges can’t afford to delay the semester, but they’re running out of time to figure out how to safely bring students back
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Erica Pandey
5 years
As we create more and more digital garbage, someone will need to clean it up. Technology has given rise to a new job: the digital janitor.
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Erica Pandey
4 years
Nearly 10 million American kids live in low-opportunity neighborhoods, with limited access to good schools, parks and healthy food. Why it matters: Simply being born in these pockets put these kids at a stark disadvantage.
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3 years
In the 66-year history of the Fortune 500, there have been 1,800 different CEOs. Only 15 of them have been Black.
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2 years
Debut edition of Axios's newest project "Finish Line" is out! We'll bring you one big helpful, healthy news story to end your day. also personal news ... I somehow scored a nightly byline with @mikeallen and @JimVandeHei Check out our first lead story:
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6 years
Yesterday, before Trump directed his advisers to take a fresh look at TPP, a top Japanese official told Axios: "We would welcome the U.S. anytime back to TPP."
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Erica Pandey
3 years
2 winners of the COVID holiday season: •Small turkeys: There's a shortage of 8 to 16-pound birds as people prepare for smaller dinners •Thai restaurants: They are operating at 45% of their normal capacity, compared with the industry average of 35%.
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6 years
We’re witnessing the rise of a new superpower: China’s sphere of influence and economic clout keeps growing, and Trump’s tariffs may be the last time the U.S. gets to write the rules of engagement.
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4 years
United States of burnout: A collective fraying of mental health at work could dampen productivity and hinder economic growth across the country.
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Erica Pandey
4 years
Infections are rising in 83% of U.S. counties Crowley County, Colorado, and Lee County, Kentucky, had the first and third highest caseloads per 100,000 people this week. Both were the site of prison-based outbreaks
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5 years
Amazon is ahead in the race to turn houses into data-sucking machines The incredible pipeline: Amazon has deals with homebuilders and real estate firms, helping it fill tons of homes with “smart” everything
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Latinos will be 1/4 of the U.S. population by 2050, and firms profit off of Latino consumers, but they're absent from Corporate America's big decision-making positions Despite accounting for 18% of the labor force, Latinos occupy just 4% of exec roles
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Amazon already has its own fleet of trucks and planes for some deliveries. With its data stash, it could soon get smart enough to eat the big shippers' lunch.
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4 years
Parents are continuing to juggle child care and jobs. With no solution, that could cost the economy $700 billion in lost revenue and productivity — 3.5% of GDP
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5 years
An overlooked reason why millions of Americans are out of work: they can’t physically get to where the jobs are
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4 years
Biggest COVID hiring slumps, per ZipRecruiter: Uber/Lyft Driver (-91%) Flight Attendant (-90%) Car Washer (-87%) Tour Guide (-85%) Retail Store Associate (-84%) Event Planner (-82%) Hotel Staff (-82%) Office Manager (-81%) Chef (-80%)
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Erica Pandey
6 years
Rude, red awakening: China’s theft of U.S. tech is hard to stop unless there’s coherent pressure from the West. Beijing isn’t feeling that yet from Trump.
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Shared my dad @rudrarajpandey ’s inspiring American Dream story in today’s Axios Finish Line He paid for his PhD w overnight shifts at this parking lot in Boston. Put his resume on the hoods of cars he parked until someone gave him a better job
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“I can't walk around and kneel next to a student to see how they're doing, That's where the teaching and learning magic happens, but now it's all going to be antiseptic. And it's gotta be."
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All sorts of hurdles — like getting to work if you’re in a wheelchair or adjusting to office environments if you’re a person with autism — are eliminated by remote work. This new future could be a more inclusive one for all Americans.
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A new way for restaurants to make money: turn your dining room into a co-working space during off hours
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