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New Study Reveals Unlimited Mobile Data Plans Expand Access to Education Data, With Low-Income and Rural Households Benefiting Most
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BALTIMORE, MD, February 27, 2025 – A new study published in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveals that unlimited mobile data plans may be a key solution to reducing digital inequality. The research shows that low-income and rural households benefit the most when data caps are removed – particularly in their ability to access educational content.

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The 3 biggest things to know about a potential U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal
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Contentious minerals deal has sparked a war of words between Trump and Zelensky, and could be announced later this week

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How tariffs can hurt American supply chains | GUEST COMMENTARY
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Americans have probably heard the word “tariffs” more in the past month than in the past four years — and for good reason. Tariffs are central to President Donald Trump’s economic playbook, despite opposition from mainstream economists and trade experts

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How Alarmed Should We Be About the 15 Million Tossed J&J Vaccines?

How Alarmed Should We Be About the 15 Million Tossed J&J Vaccines?

Slate, April 2, 2021

On Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson acknowledged that a huge batch of vaccines—enough for 15 million doses—had to be tossed out after it was found to have been contaminated during the production process. Soon afterward, several outlets reported that the company producing the vaccine at that Baltimore facility, Emergent BioSolutions, had been cited multiple times before for quality control issues. The sheer number of doses that were discarded, and the idea of a “contamination” of a COVID vaccine, has raised plenty of questions.

Today’s global economy runs on standardized shipping containers, as the Ever Given fiasco illustrates

Today’s global economy runs on standardized shipping containers, as the Ever Given fiasco illustrates

The Conversation, April 5, 2021

Perhaps you’re snacking on a banana, sipping some coffee or sitting in front of your computer and taking a break from work to read this article. Most likely, those goods – as well as your smartphone, refrigerator and virtually every other object in your home – were once loaded onto a large container in another country and traveled thousands of miles via ships crossing the ocean before ultimately arriving at your doorstep. 

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