An Argument for Free Mass Transit

Blind Injustice

In my hometown of New York City, there has been increased attention lately on the issue of fare evasion—when someone seeks to avoid paying the fare required to get on a bus or subway train.

I made a tweet on social media pointing out that an easy way to get rid of fare evasion is to get rid of fares. Tweets aside though, I really think mass transit should be free, and there are some compelling arguments in favor of it.

Chief among them is the environment. If we really want to do all we can to take care of the environment, there needs to be more mass transit, better mass transit, and more incentive to take mass transit. Why? Because driving a car results in significantly more CO2 emissions per trip per mile than mass transit—either bus or rail.[1] This is another way of saying that driving a…

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Sorry, Ms. Toni: Tired of Bearing Witness. And Tools?

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

     This comment from Toni Morrison has always pushed me to write about my own family history, in one form or another, whether as the book based on my walking tours, or as historical fiction.  And to write in such a way that it touches on the continuing effects of that history, particularly with regard to sex trafficking.  But does it really make any difference, or do any good?

      She said, about the responsibilities of the black woman writer: 

To bear witness to a history that is unrecorded

    But, why?

     How does that work bring into being newer tools, more apt for the problems that we need to solve today?

         What do you think our world could look like if every one of us worked to bear witness to what could be, rather than what is? 

     I look forward to hearing…

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List Of Teaching Methodologies Primary School

Sir. Richard Yatta morris

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Your Guide to the Top Teaching Methodologies in Primary School

In this article, we have listed and made a review of the most popular approaches that might be useful for teachers.

The list of teaching methodologies you could use with elementary-aged students is a long one. An approach effective for one teacher may not necessarily be useful for another because every method uses different tools and techniques for achieving common educational goals. That’s why many teachers try to extract some ideas from different approaches, mixing and incorporating them into one unique teaching approach…

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Ricardo Reis

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” Em tudo quanto olhei fiquei em parte.

Com tudo quanto vi, se passa, passo,

Nem distingue a memória

Do que vi do que fui.”

Ricardo Reis ( idem, p. 231)

Ricardo Reis. Literatura brasileira em diálogo com outras literaturas e outras linguagens. William Cereja e Thereza Cochar. Editora: Atual. 5 ed. reform. São Paulo, 2013

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President Joe Biden to detail effort to lower Internet costs, boost speeds for millions in U.S. – UPI.com

The White House said the administration worked with Democrats and Republicans to create the Affordable Connectivity Program, which allow homes to cut Internet costs by as much as $30 per month and $75 monthly on Tribal lands. “To ensure the most efficient use of those public dollars and to deliver maximum cost savings to families, the Biden-Harris Administration has secured commitments from 20 leading internet providers — covering more than 80% of the U.S. population across urban, suburban, and rural areas — to either increase speeds or cut prices,” the White House said in a statement Monday.

Source: President Joe Biden to detail effort to lower Internet costs, boost speeds for millions in U.S. – UPI.com