September 19, 2021

Airports

Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 9th, 2019, in New York City. It has been reported that hundreds of TSA screeners and agents have called in sick from their shifts at a number of major airports as the partial government shutdown continues. Employees of the TSA, whose job it is to keep airlines safe, are working without knowing when their next paycheck is coming.
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Viewfinder: Hundreds of TSA Screeners and Agents Call in Sick at Airports as the Shutdown Continues

Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 9th, 2019, in New York City.

Passengers wait at the North Terminal at London Gatwick Airport, south of London, on December 20th, 2018, after all flights were grounded due to drones flying over the airfield.
The Week in Photos

Unidentified Drones Shut Down a Major London Airport (in Photos)

A series of drone sightings at London's Gatwick Airport caused over a hundred flights to be canceled or delayed as authorities struggled to respond to the potential danger.

Hassan Al Kontar.
News in Brief

Meet the Syrian Man Stranded at the Kuala Lumpur Airport for 91 Days and Counting

Trapped in an arrivals hall in a Malaysian airport, Hassan Al Kontar has the vagaries of the modern global systems of asylum to blame. To pass the time, he narrates his strange new life through selfie videos.

Jim Crow Terminals: The Desegregation of American Airports.
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The Desegregation of American Airports

A new book by a German historian looks at the conflicting history of segregation in commercial air travel.

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Social Justice

Cleveland's Pittsburgh Moment: Building a Brain Hub

The loss of the U.S. Airways hub signaled the start of Pittsburgh's remarkable turnaround. Does that make United Airlines' departure from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport a cause for celebration?