In today's digital age, cybersecurity has become a critical concern for communities, businesses and citizens. Cyber hacks have been hitting organizations and individuals alike, with these hacks costing the state of Utah alone nearly $6 million between 2016 and 2022. As we continue to see ...
Herriman is the latest city in Utah to consider building a multimillion-dollar broadband fiber network. The idea of offering cheaper and faster internet while modernizing a city’s facilities and infrastructure is appealing on the surface. But the cold-hard reality, often overlooked by many of ...
I was born in May 1968, the month in between the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr., the prominent civil rights leader assassinated April 4, 1968, and Robert F. Kennedy, politician and advocate for the Civil Rights Movement, assassinated June 6, 1968. I first realized the morbid timing ...
An extraordinary but little-noticed economic phenomenon is occurring across the United States today. Electricity demand — which has been relatively stable for more than a decade — is suddenly surging. The U.S. economy is embarking on a literal power trip, and the pace is likely to ...
From small business to financial literacy and civic engagement, Utah is a national leader in more ways than one. Add social mobility to the list. According to our recent report, which Gov. Spencer Cox highlighted, Utah’s environment for social mobility — the ability to improve one’s ...
Upon the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day coming up on Monday, the MLK Jr. Human Rights Commission would like to invite community members to reflect on the meaning of the commemoration of Dr. King’s legacy as well as to invite you to participate in the many community events that will ...
The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party recently adopted 150 policy recommendations to help curb China’s military growth and human rights abuses. The bipartisan team that wrote the report warned ...
For most of human history, the best a lunatic could do to inflict widespread harm was hurl rocks at people nearby. The Industrial Revolution led to today’s sophisticated weaponry. And this century, dozens of nations will likely have military capabilities far exceeding what leading strategists ...
Through childhood routines, my mother infused memories that have stayed vivid into adulthood. Walking up steep steps to St. Philip Catholic Church’s massive wooden doors, we’d move across a threshold separating the sanctuary from traffic noise and the rainy morning left behind. Dipping ...
A friend challenged me to sum up my New Year’s resolution in a single word. I failed. Just too many words to choose from. So my six-word resolution is, “Don’t be afraid to be afraid.” This world we share is often fearsome. Being afraid — and bravely admitting it — is the first step ...
