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[What if scenario] What if all commercial institutions suddenly decided they no longer intend to acknowledge religious events such as Christmas?
This means no sales, no themed merchandise, no decorations. December 25 and most other day are treated just like any other day for all stores malls, restaurants, ect....
Meta sued by 33 state AGs for addictive features targeting kids (www.cnbc.com)
Meta sued by 33 state AGs for addictive features targeting kids::The lawsuits demonstrate the broad bipartisan interest in protecting kids and teens from online harm.
You Don't Surf (i.redd.it)
Oldie but a goodie
Where I can find well made "which character are you" quizzes
I don’t have my hopes high since it’s something really trivial and more focused to young people, I think?...
NY Judge Who Bragged About Aiming Loaded Gun at Black Defendant in Court is in Big Trouble (www.theroot.com)
Highlights: In 2015, upstate New York judge Robert J. Putorti was overseeing a court hearing involving a Black defendant. Nothing out of the ordinary for a judge to do right? Except, when a Black man approached the stand “too quickly,” Judge Putorti pulled a loaded gun on him in court....
Health care workers gain 21% wage increase in pending agreement with Kaiser Permanente after historic strike (theconversation.com)
How young Argentines might put a far-right libertarian into power (www.vox.com)
Black Mom Becomes A Better Detective in Her Son's Death Than Cops (www.theroot.com)
Highlights: In the wee hours of July 8, 2020, 37-year-old Freddie Lee McKee was found dead in Columbia, Mo. Authorities say two 911 calls went out before his body was found. Earlier, around 2:45 a.m., a neighbor called reporting a shirtless man in her trash who told her he was looking for his phone, per the police report. Then,...
UAW stays additional strike expansion (thehill.com)
Highlights: Over the past 24 hours, two of the “Big Three” automakers made new offers to the autoworkers union as its strike stretches into its fifth week, United Auto Workers (UAW) union President Shawn Fain said during remarks....
Federal agents investigate sugar exporter over allegations of forced labor (www.motherjones.com)
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Inside the psychiatric hospitals where foster kids are a "gold mine" (www.motherjones.com)
Importance of a low intellectual quotient
In recent weeks I have met a pretty and sweet girl with what I consider her only biggest problem: her IQ. She is slow, does not remember things and has no concentration at all, has no arguments, systematically repeats the usual twenty words. (A bit like the character of Forrest Gump, for those who do not know what low iq means)....
Access to HIV preventive drugs sees boost (thehill.com)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary data that found 36 percent of people who could benefit from taking PrEP received a prescription in 2022....
Baltimore to pay $48 million to 3 men wrongly imprisoned for 36 years (www.washingtonpost.com)
Three men who spent 36 years in prison for a murder they did not commit — they were wrongly arrested as teenagers by Baltimore police and wrongly convicted by a jury — will receive $48 million from the city after a vote Wednesday by the Baltimore City Board of Estimates....
Press freedom group warns Israel against banning Al Jazeera (www.washingtonpost.com)
The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billion (www.cnbc.com)
The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billion::CNBC obtained never-before-seen body camera footage that shows how investigators linked Jimmy Zhong to the Silk Road hack
Employees threatened with loss of healthcare if they strike. Their employer is a hospital and they're nurses. (www.oregonlive.com)
One of the main reasons employers want to keep healthcare private; enormous leverage against labor, organized or not…
Feds slap fine on Kentucky warehouse accused of allowing child to operate forklift (thehill.com)
The Labor Department said in a press release that it fined Win.IT America Inc. for $30,276 in civil money penalties after violating child labor provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act. Investigators found that the company employed two children, an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old, for months at its distribution center.
Why are so many studies being retracted? (www.motherjones.com)
The Supreme Court’s very brief, very revealing new decision about guns, explained (www.vox.com)
Highlights: Late Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court handed down a very brief order establishing that sellers of “ghost guns,” weapons that are sold dismantled in ready-to-assemble kits, must comply with the same gun safety laws and anti-crime laws as any other gun seller....
Famed Iranian Filmmaker Is Killed in His Home (www.nytimes.com)
Highlights: Dariush Mehrjui, a prominent Iranian filmmaker, was killed in his home near Tehran on Saturday along with his wife, according to the police....
Netflix plans to open brick and mortar locations (www.npr.org)
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Overloaded Gaza hospitals short of power, fuel, medicine; may be forced to shut down (www.salon.com)
Local Newspapers Are Vanishing. How Should We Remember Them? (www.propublica.org)
As smaller newspapers shrink or disappear, it’s easy to romanticize the role they played. But one reporter’s memories of the heyday of local journalism reveal a much more complicated reality.
The NHL bans Pride Tape, setting off a backlash from players and fans (www.npr.org)
Highlights: Rainbow-colored Pride Tape has been part of pro ice hockey for seven years, symbolizing the sport’s pledge to be welcoming and inclusive. But the NHL has banned the athletic tape, quickly sparking a backlash....
Doctors in Gaza describe the war's devastating impact on health care — and civilians (www.npr.org)
North Korea provided Russia with weapons, White House says (archive.ph)
"You should be ashamed": [NY Post] Reporter throws fit in briefing because press secretary won't call on him (www.salon.com)
Fewer Black Americans Are Incarcerated Than 20 Years Ago, But The Problem Isn't Behind Us (www.theroot.com)
A new report found that one in five Black men born in 2001 are likely to be incarcerated within their lifetime, down from one in three, two decades earlier....
Blinken warned lawmakers Azerbaijan may invade Armenia in coming weeks (www.politico.com)
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Reuters videographer killed in southern Lebanon [by Israeli strike], other journalists injured (www.politico.com)
The Associated Press reported that an Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists killing the Reuters journalist and injuring six others.
There’s a morning-after pill to prevent sexually transmitted infections (www.vox.com)