Long before Pittsburgh’s modern Irish celebrations existed, Irish immigrants helped shape the city in the 19th century via the railroads, canals and steel industry.
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Railway safety has vastly improved for motor vehicles, but reducing the risk of collisions with pedestrians is much trickier.
Researchers have discovered a second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Chester County, Pa.
Nobody wants to see an accident involving flammable, corrosive or radioactive material. But understanding the rules put in place to prevent these accidents isn’t easy.
The US government regulates many industries, but social media companies don’t neatly fit existing regulatory templates. Systems that deliver energy may be the closest analog.
Workers still need to approve the deal, which was brokered by President Biden in 20 hours of last-minute negotiations.
The lasting problems of infrastructure aren’t of need or construction, but of overbuilding, delayed costs and the challenges of thinking ahead.
Seven of the past 10 business bailouts since 1969 have either broke even, or more frequently, ended up making a tidy profit for taxpayers.
Fear of COVID-19 has sparked some to react with violent racism towards Asian Americans and Canadians. This is not the first time fear of disease has led to outbreaks of violent anti-Asian racism.
Institutions that benefited from donations from benefactors such as Epstein are facing hard questions. In a somewhat similar ethical debate in 1905, a pastor argued for return of a Rockefeller gift.
Rail advocates often make the case that trains are a cleaner mode of transportation, but why is that so? And what would it take to expand rail in the U.S.?
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Doctoral Student, Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, University of Oxford
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Executive Director of the Center for Railway Research and Education, Michigan State University
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Professor of Business Analytics and Operations Management, University of Dayton
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Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh