Month: June 2021
DeSantis signs bill banning trans girls from women’s sports – Axios
DeSantis signs bill banning trans girls from women’s sports Axios Florida’s DeSantis signs law prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in female sports Fox News DeSantis signs bill banning transgender females from competing in girls’ sports WESH 2 Orlando Coincidence? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
Read MoreGlobal Shortages During Coronavirus Reveal Failings of Just in Time Manufacturing
Global shortages of many goods reflect the disruption of the pandemic combined with decades of companies limiting their inventories.
Read MoreBiden To Visit Tulsa To Mark The 1921 Race Massacre That Wrecked ‘Black Wall Street’ – NPR
Biden To Visit Tulsa To Mark The 1921 Race Massacre That Wrecked ‘Black Wall Street’ NPR Biden to announce new steps to help communities of color while honoring Tulsa Race Massacre CBS This Morning Tulsa Massacre: What happened in 1921? – BBC
Read MoreFrench publisher releases new Mein Kampf edition to ‘confront’ Nazism
French publisher Fayard releases a new translation of Mein Kampf on Wednesday after years of delay due to the controversy over publishing Adolf Hitler’s racist, anti-Semitic screed. But historians behind the project say it will perform a valuable service in
Read MoreSprinklr’s IPO filing shows uneven cash flow but modest growth
Another week, another unicorn IPO. This time, Sprinklr is taking on the public markets. The New York-based software company works in what it describes as the customer experience market. And after attracting over $400 million in capital while private, its
Read MoreSlavery Wasn’t ‘Long Ago:’ Writer Exposes The Disconnect In How We Tell History
In How the Word is Passed, Clint Smith visits eight places central to the history of slavery in America, including Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation and Louisiana’s Angola prison. (Image credit: Carletta Girma/Courtesy of Broadside)
Read MoreUK’s Heathrow Airport opens terminal for high-risk travelers
A terminal at London’s Heathrow Airport that was mothballed because of the coronavirus pandemic reopened Tuesday to serve passengers arriving from high-risk countries — an action that critics said was long overdue.
Read MoreIndivisible is training an army of volunteers to neutralize political misinformation
The grassroots Democratic organization Indivisible is launching its own team of stealth fact-checkers to push back against misinformation — an experiment in what it might look like to train up a political messaging infantry and send them out into the
Read MoreKudos, with its cotton-based, eco-friendly diaper, soaks up $2.4 million in seed funding
If you’ve experienced parenthood, you’re well versed in the surprisingly small world of disposable diapers. Help may be on the way. Kudos, a startup that is looking to reinvent the disposable diaper with sustainability in mind, announced the close of
Read MoreWHO renames coronavirus variants with ‘non-stigmatising’ Greek letters – The Washington Post
WHO renames coronavirus variants with ‘non-stigmatising’ Greek letters The Washington Post Covid-19 variants to be given Greek alphabet names to avoid stigma The Guardian COVID-19 variants to be labeled as Greek letters, WHO says ABC Action News WHO’s new naming system for coronavirus
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