I understood at a very early age how much place matters and how impactful government services can be on one's life. The Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice was really focused on working with agencies to think about how they're addressing inequity, whether it's through budget as a lever or personnel as a lever, procurement, policymaking. But land use is a lever as well.
(CNN) Veterans Day, which commemorates all those who serve in the US military, has been a federal holiday since 1954 and has been observed in some form for over a century it originally commemorated the end of World War I. Because the day is a federal holiday, many government offices are closed, though some were already affected by the government shutdown. Here's what's open or closed this Veterans Day: