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John Boyega quits perfume brand Jo Malone after being replaced in Chinese commercial
Actor John Boyega has ended his association with perfume brand Jo Malone after the company controversially cut him from a commercial for the Chinese market.
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The Vote Is the Centerpiece of Democracy
August 6 is the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. If the constitutional amendments passed after the Civil War -- the 13, 14 and 15th Amendments -- were the "second founding" of democracy in America, the Voting Rights Act, which after nearly a century of segregation gave legal effect to the 15th Amendment that outlawed discrimination in the right to vote, should be considered the "third founding."
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Stalled stimulus talks could mean thousands of furloughs and halt US immigration system
The federal agency responsible for granting citizenship, providing immigration benefits and processing visa applications could furlough two-thirds of its workforce at the end of the month after negotiations over the next stimulus package stalled.
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Trump on Covid death toll: 'It is what it is'
President Donald Trump said the United States' staggering death toll from coronavirus "is what it is" in a new interview, again giving his administration credit for its response despite ongoing surges in new cases and a human toll that far outpaces that of any other nation.
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Jamaica's high court ruled a school was legally right in banning a child with dreadlocks
A school that said a student couldn't attend classes if she didn't cut her dreadlocks did not infringe on the child's constitutional rights, the Supreme Court of Jamaica ruled Friday.
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CEOs are scaling back hiring and spending because of trade fears
America's leading CEOs are scaling back plans for hiring and spending because of President Trump's aggressive trade policy.
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Rosario Dawson Promotes NAACP's Solar Equity Initiative
Calls on the public to pledge to bring solar into their communities.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the country’s foremost civil rights organization, extends our deep gratitude to Rosario Dawson for her support and promotion of our Solar Equity Initiative and Go Solar in Your Community pledge.
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Michael Smith: ESPN Panicked & 'Muted' Him and Jemele Hill
Can’t say we didn’t see this coming. Now that his former partner in crime, Jemele Hill, has been pressured to leave their SportsCenter gig, Michael Smith is speaking out saying what’s on his mind as far as how he’s now being treated.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda to Trump: 'You're going straight to hell'
"Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda did not mince words in his message to Donald Trump following the President's Saturday morning Twitter attacks on San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz.
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'Highly likely' Japanese journalist has been released from captivity in Syria
A Japanese journalist who was captured by militants in Syria three years ago is believed to have been released, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Tuesday.
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Starting Chemotherapy? Here’s What You Can Expect.
When most people hear the word “Cancer” they automatically think death sentence! Cancer is something no one wants to experience, but you can’t help but see cancer everywhere you look. Most people have had some encounter with this terrible disease. Whether it’s with a family member, a close friend or even a co-worker, cancer is hard to escape.
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Papa John's possible new logo drops the apostrophe
Papa John's is considering a sleek, boxy new logo that turns Papa John's into Papa Johns. The company filed a trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office in late August, but a company representative said that there are no immediate plans to start using the new logo.
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Teacher pens whiteboard goodbye to students over 'no zero' grading policy
Should students get half credit for an assignment they didn’t even turn in? A former St. Lucie County teacher doesn’t think so.
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Kanye West explains his 13th Amendment comments
Kanye West wants to clarify his controversial comments about the 13th Amendment.
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We Must Continually Fight to Carry On King's Work
The 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination comes amid a fierce struggle for the soul of America.
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Facebook's new rules for Pages are a big deal, but there are major questions
Facebook announced Friday that it is introducing new rules for Facebook Pages — rules that, had they been in place earlier, could have stopped Russian trolls posing as Americans from wreaking havoc on the platform in the lead up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Latino Victory Announces “Year of the Latina” Campaign
Organization endorses Latina progressives in AZ, CA, NM, FL
Despite making significant strides in the last decade, Latinas remain one of the most underrepresented groups in elected office. Only nine Latinas serve in the U.S. Congress, and just four of the 748 state executive offices across the country are held by Latinas. Latino Victory Fund is working to change that. Last month, the organization helped Texans Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia come one step closer to becoming the first Latinas to represent the Lone Star state in Congress.
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Rep. Gutierrez Passes On Presidential Bid, Will Focus On Mobilizing Latino Voters
Retiring Rep. Luis Gutierrez has decided against seeking the Democratic presidential nomination and instead will focus his efforts on mobilizing Latino voters in key swing states in the run-up to 2020.
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What we know so far about the Santa Fe school shooting
Nine students and a teacher were killed Friday morning in a shooting at Santa Fe High School in the southeastern Texas city of Santa Fe. It's the 22nd school shooting in the US in 2018. As of 2:30 p.m. ET, this is what we know:
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Trump wants to cut taxes. Again. He just cut taxes.
President Donald Trump is in campaign mode and he seemed to make a new pledge Tuesday night, saying he would offer some kind of new tax cuts before November.
