Amazon
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I Think I've Been Using Retail Therapy to Break the "Stay-at-Home" Monotony and Didn't Realize It
I don’t remember exactly what date it was that a general, nationwide “stay your ass at home” proclamation happened, but if memory serves correctly, it was sometime in mid-to-late March. According to school emails for two of my kids, their last day of in-building instruction was Friday, March 13th, which is amazing because it feels…
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Leaked Memo Shows Amazon Exec Using Racist Talking Points to Smear Fired Warehouse Worker: 'He's Not Smart or Articulate'
Amazon fired warehouse worker Christian Smalls on Monday after he led a walkout at a Staten Island distribution warehouse calling for safer working conditions. As news of the walkout spread—and as Smalls began talking to major media news outlets about the health and safety issues leading up to the protest—Amazon executives discussed how they would…
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Amazon Employee Says He Was Fired for Staging Walkout to Protest Unsafe Conditions
People should feel safe at work. People who still need to work during a global pandemic especially need to feel and be safe because safety is a basic workplace necessity. But when Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse tried to make that point by staging a walkout, it allegedly led to the firing of…
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Study Finds Racial Bias in Voice Recognition Software Used by Largest Tech Companies
A common misconception equates the use of correct English with “talking white.” It’s a false and toxic notion, but that doesn’t necessarily mean “talking white” or “talking black” aren’t actual things. Perhaps it just has more to do with tone and pitch than it does word choice or pronunciation. How easy is it for you…
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To Combat Price Gouging, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Introduces State-Sanctioned Hand Sanitizer Made from Cheap Prison Labor: 'We Are Problem Solvers'
In times of crisis, heroes often come from an unlikely source. In 2018, as the Mendocino Complex fire tore through hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Northern California, it was inmates enrolled in a volunteer firefighting program who fought to extinguish the flames in exchange for a measly $2 a day—and time taken…
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Ex-Amazon Manager Was Told to Use Social Media to Determine Applicants Race and Gender
At this point, Amazon is just testing how much you love two-day shipping. According to NBC News, Lisa McCarrick, a former regional manager for Amazon, has filed a lawsuit against a unit of the company in California. She filed her suit in the Superior Court of California on claims of retaliation, wrongful termination, failure to…
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'Feeling Grateful and Free': Tiffany Boone Makes Statement Regarding Exit From The Chi and Jason Mitchell Allegations
Tiffany Boone is reclaiming her narrative. The actress had exited The Chi in 2018, prior to the series’ second season premiere. The following year, in May, the former showrunner, Ayanna Floyd, gave a detailed statement to The Hollywood Reporter regarding allegations of misconduct against Jason Mitchell. Floyd said she and Boone had filed a complaint…
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In Response to a 23,000 Signature Petition, Amazon Agrees to Stop Selling Mercury-Laden Skin Bleaching Products
A major battle was recently won in the war on colorism, with the biggest retailer in the world cracking down on the sale of skin-bleaching products. As reported by the Washington Post, after over a year of lobbying by Minnesota-based nonprofit The Beautywell Project, Amazon has agreed to remove skin-lightening products containing mercury from its…