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Jun 30 2020
News
Here are the major brands that have pulled ads from Facebook
Since an advertising boycott of Facebook Inc. was organized in mid-June, a veritable Who’s Who of major brands have either added their names to the #StopHateForProfit campaign or otherwise pulled their ads.
Facebook makes almost all of its revenue via advertising. Still, analysts are expecting the company to take a less-than-5% revenue hit due the boycott. The social-media giant has
MarketWatchNov 19 2019
Opinion
The right to vote should not fall victim to partisan battles
The right to vote is fundamental to any democracy. Protecting that right — and making it easier to exercise it — ought to be a priority across partisan lines.
Instead, in states across the country — particularly in the five years since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act — it has become a pitched battle.
The basic reality is clear: Republicans, increasingly a party of
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.Aug 16 2020
News
Big Pharma’s Covid-19 Profiteers
On June 29th, 2020, while America remained transfixed by anti-police protests, the chairman and CEO of the pharmaceutical company Gilead issued a much-anticipated announcement. In a breezy open letter, Daniel O’Day explained how much his company planned on charging for a course of remdesivir, one of many possible treatments for Covid-19. “In the weeks since we learned of remdesivir’s potential
RollingStone.comJun 29 2020
News
Military Gears Up to Fight Racial Bias, a Longstanding Adversary
The U.S. government has tried at least six times since World War II to root out discrimination and racial bias in the military, through commissions, recommendations and initiatives. Each effort ended in failure, leaving today’s military a reflection of society’s inequality.
A new initiative now is beginning, and this time will be different, defense officials and military leaders say,
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 04 2020
News
President Trump Visits Kenosha
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Tuesday, September 1st, President Trump visited Kenosha, WI to address unrest.Addressing the protests, Trump said, “These are not acts of peaceful protest but, really, domestic terror...” He criticized Abridge NewsDec 27 2013
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Egyptian Army steps up arrests of Brotherhood supporters
Muslim Brotherhood supporters vowed to continue protesting despite this weeks terrorist designation. But the pronouncement has expanded the ability to crack down on them.
Christian Science MonitorMay 06 2020
News
America begins to reopen but businesses and customers in no rush to get back
They were not exactly rushing to embrace their new-found freedom in Liberty, Missouri.
Even as the state endured its largest increase in coronavirus cases on Monday, Missouri’s Republican governor, Mike Parson, decided to press ahead with his plan to allow businesses to reopen and to lift restrictions on social gatherings imposed as the pandemic crept closer six weeks ago.
But
The GuardianJun 01 2020
Opinion
First, Restore Order
Doing evil in the service of a just cause does not change either side of the moral equation: Evil remains evil, and the just cause remains just — neither consideration cancels out the other or transmutes it. With riots and violence convulsing American cities after the horrifying death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, that principle bears consideration.
Protests are a
National Review (News)Sep 23 2020
News
Facebook Removes Chinese Accounts Posting About Foreign Policy, 2020 Election
Facebook says it has taken down a network of China-based fake accounts whose posts included content about the U.S. presidential election.
Most of the activity by the more than 180 fake accounts, groups and pages was focused on Southeast Asia, Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of security policy, said in a blog post Tuesday.
The network posted in Chinese, Filipino and English
NPR (Online News)Dec 23 2019
News
Striking French rail workers clash with riot police in Paris
Striking French rail workers have clashed with riot police in Paris after holding a demonstration against pension changes despite Emmanuel Macron’s call for a Christmas truce.
Hundreds of trade unionists and strikers gathered on Monday morning outside Gare de Lyon station, which is used by large numbers of passengers travelling south for the holidays or to ski resorts near the Alps, and
The Guardian