Tag: Social issues
Multitude of businesses show support for voters’ rights
<p>A multitude of big-name businesses and high-profile individuals, including Amazon, Facebook and Warren Buffett, are showing their support for voters' rights.</p>
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EXPLAINER: Why outside prosecutors review killings by police
<p>BOSTON — A white former police officer is being charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, just three days after...
McDonald’s to mandate anti-harassment training worldwide
McDonald’s will mandate worker training to combat harassment, discrimination and violence in its restaurants worldwide starting next year, the company said Wednesday.
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Red Star punished for racial abuse of Zlatan Ibrahimović
NYON, Switzerland — Red Star Belgrade was punished by UEFA on Wednesday for racial abuse aimed toward Zlatan Ibrahimović when the club hosted AC...
Review: A book celebrating Black American farming history
<p>"We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers Land and Legacy,” by Natalie Baszile (Amistad)</p>
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Conservatives propose revised sex ed rules in LGBTQ pushback
<p>PHOENIX — Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a ban on any HIV/AIDS instruction that “promotes a homosexual lifestyle" as they faced a lawsuit,...
Soccer great Seedorf urges yellow cards to curb racial abuse
GENEVA — Players should get yellow cards for covering their mouths to speak to opponents, soccer great Clarence Seedorf told European lawmakers on Wednesday...
Red Star punished for racial abuse of Zlatan Ibrahimović
NYON, Switzerland — Red Star Belgrade was punished by UEFA on Wednesday for racial abuse aimed toward Zlatan Ibrahimović when the club hosted AC...
Europe scrambles as J&J vaccine delay deals another blow
<p>BARCELONA, Spain — Desperate to jumpstart Europe's sluggish vaccination program, leaders from across the continent scrambled Wednesday in the wake of an unexpected delay...
UN report: Many women in poor nations can’t say, `No sex’
<p>UNITED NATIONS — Less than half the women in 57 developing countries are denied the right to say “no” to sex with their partners,...