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        Anyone living in the DC metropolitan area knows to avoid Northern Virginia traffic like poison ivy. On November 17, 2012, in an effort to ease traffic, the the Virginia Department of Transportation unveiled for the 495 HotLanes, which stretch from McLean to Springfield, Virginia. The Hot Lanes was a result of an unprecedented public-private partnership between …

By Jenny Chen The term “glass ceiling” has been circulating since the late 80’s but there’s a new ceiling cropping up – the “bamboo ceiling.” The term is used to describe the difficulty Asian American professionals have in reaching the C-suite due to cultural and racial barriers. Jane Hyun, author of “Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling” described in a recent NPR …