Salvadoran janitors fight for better wages, supporting families here and abroad

@Marketplace— Immigrants from El Salvador clustered in major cities often work demanding, low-paying jobs that are hard to fill — like janitors.

Houston Public Media—Houston’s Salvadoran janitors fight to increase pay, benefits. In Houston, more than 5,000 janitors are immigrants from El Salvador, which is roughly 10% of the janitorial workforce. Yet they are less than 3% of working people in the city.

WKBN.com—Local school awarded for supporting military families. One local elementary school providing extra support for students of military parents who are deployed is now being recognized at the state level for it.

Fast Company—Better technologies, better safety: EVs usually are better in crashes than combustion vehicles. Public opinion about EV crash safety often hinges on a few high-profile fire incidents. Those safety concerns are arguably misplaced, and the actual safety of EVs is more nuanced. I’ve researched vehicle safety for more than two decades, focusing on the biomechanics of impact injuries in motor vehicle crashes. Here’s my take on how well the current crop of EVs protects people: The burning question EVs and internal combustion vehicles undergo the same crash-testing procedures to evaluate...