Social issues
California’s unprecedented reparations report details 150 years of anti-Black harm
A demonstrator raises a fist during a “Sit Out the Curfew” protest against the death of George Floyd who died on May 25 in Minneapolis whilst in police custody, along a street in Oakland, California on June 3, 2020. Philip Pacheco | AFP | Getty Images A new report from California’s first-in-the-country reparations task force […]
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Elon Musk reportedly tells Tesla workers to return to the office full time or resign
Elon Musk has reportedly told Tesla employees to come back into their respective offices at least 40 hours a week or leave the company. In two emails obtained by Electrek, Musk said that people must show up for at least 40 hours per week in a main Tesla office. “If you don’t show up, we […]
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This advisor started a financial non-profit to empower women. Here’s her top investing and entrepreneurship advice
Stacy Francis Source: Stacy Francis Stacy Francis never planned to become a financial advisor, especially one for women going through divorce. But a candid talk with her grandmother shifted her career trajectory. Her grandmother, Myra, was a victim of spousal abuse and, before passing, she confessed to staying in her marriage because she felt “financially […]
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Supreme Court blocks Texas social media law that tech companies warned would allow hateful content to run rampant
A person walks down the sidewalk near the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., February 16, 2022. Jon Cherry | Reuters The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a controversial Texas social media law from taking effect, after the tech industry and other opponents warned it could allow for hateful content to run rampant online. […]
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Fraud had ‘significant’ role in $163 billion leak from pandemic-era unemployment system
Courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images More than $163 billion in benefits likely leaked from the unemployment system during the pandemic, with a “significant portion” attributable to fraud, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report. Congress created many new programs in March 2020 to support millions of people who lost their jobs from the […]
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How to protect yourself against monkeypox and what to do if you catch it
Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters A recent monkeypox outbreak across the U.S., Europe, Australia and the Middle East has baffled health experts and is raising concerns of a wider outbreak. As of Wednesday, there were 346 confirmed and suspected […]
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Rep. Joaquin Castro asks FBI to investigate police response timeline in Texas school shooting as controversy grows
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) speaks at a press conference on immigration on Capitol Hill on November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro on Thursday asked the FBI to investigate the timeline of the Uvalde elementary school massacre and the police response to it as controversy grew […]
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Nine monkeypox cases identified in U.S.: What we know about each of them
Rochelle Walensky, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), participates in a panel discussion during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Lauren Justice | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified nine cases of monkeypox across seven […]
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Actor Kevin Spacey charged with sexually assaulting three men, U.K. prosecutors say
Kevin Spacey attends the Build Series to discuss his new play ‘Clarence Darrow’ at Build Studio on May 24, 2017 in New York City. Daniel Zuchnik | WireImage | Getty Images Actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with sexually assaulting three men in the U.K. from 2005 to 2013, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said Thursday. […]
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National Rifle Association says ‘our deepest sympathies’ are with families and victims of Uvalde, Texas school massacre
NRA, National Rifle Association, sign promotes membership of NRA, Texas. Joe Sohm | Visions Of America | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The National Rifle Association on Wednesday said its “deepest sympathies” are with the families and victims of the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school massacre — the latest in a series of mass shootings […]
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