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Jun 27 2024
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Healthy Living: The matter of ranked-choice voting
The Missouri Legislature adjourned last month. It is scheduled to go back into session in September. This is the annual veto session where the legislature has an opportunity to override any of the governor’s vetoes. The Republican majority enacted a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban ranked choice voting in most of the state. The amendment, if approved by the voters, would also
St. Louis Call NewspapersSep 05 2024
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Research Suggests Living Conditions Have An Effect On Black Men's Cognitive Skills
A new study from the University of Kentucky linked the environments of Black men with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease or other cognitive impairments. According to the study, more research about Black men’s risk of developing cognitive impairments could allow for those impairments to be prevented altogether. According to the study, their findings align with existing research
Black EnterpriseAug 26 2020
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Did Pepsi Donate $100M to Black Lives Matter?
In the summer of 2020, readers sent Snopes multiple inquiries about widely shared social media posts claiming that PepsiCo, the company that makes Pepsi, had donated $100 million to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.
In May 2020, a Black man named George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, prompting a renewed wave of nationwide and international protests against
SnopesJul 30 2020
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Is the NFL Donating $250 Million to Black Lives Matter?
A series of viral social media posts claim that the National Football League is donating $250 million to Black Lives Matter. The claim is based on a real NFL initiative that created a $250 million fund to “combat systemic racism and support the battle against the ongoing and historic injustices faced by African-Americans.” The NFL statement announcing the fund further said that the money will
The DispatchSep 06 2024
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Media Matters weekly newsletter, September 6
Jesse Watters’ Fox News career has been plagued by scandals generated by his racist and sexist invective. But even by his own low standards, the prime-time host has been on a tear over the last two months since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and threw his support to Vice President Kamala Harris. Here are a few examples of Watters’ disgusting rhetoric: • Watters
Media MattersJun 25 2020
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Corporate response to Black Lives Matter: Progress or ploy?
What’s happening: In the month since the police killing of George Floyd, major companies have joined the national conversation on racial injustice. From social media posts to internal emails and promises of diversity initiatives, brands are rushing to prove that they support the antiracism movement.
Big brands have pledged billions of dollars to organizations, such as the NAACP, that
Yahoo! The 360Aug 13 2023
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Skittles tests the Bud Light waters with "Black Trans Lives Matter"
Skittles, the candy product popular with children, has become the latest brand after Bud Light to commit financial suicide by placing “Black Trans Lives Matter” and LGBTQ rainbows on its packaging.
The candy brand joined forces with a far-left group called The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), which supports children receiving sex procedures, including gender
HotAirJun 17 2020
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Will the Black Lives Matter movement create lasting change?
What’s happening: There’s no question that the wave of protests against police violence and racial injustice across the country has had a tremendous impact. For weeks, the country’s attention has been locked on a nationwide movement at a scale not seen since the 1960s.
Like the protests today, the civil rights movement forced many Americans to confront their attitudes toward race in a
Yahoo! The 360Jun 05 2024
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Exotic black holes could be a byproduct of dark matter
For every kilogram of matter that we can see — from the computer on your desk to distant stars and galaxies — there are 5 kilograms of invisible matter that suffuse our surroundings. This “dark matter” is a mysterious entity that evades all forms of direct observation yet makes its presence felt through its invisible pull on visible objects. Fifty years ago, physicist Stephen Hawking offered
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