Category: equality
In viral video, man says Tampa owes each Black resident $3M in reparations
Story at a glance A local resident told Tampa City Council members Thursday that every Black resident in the city is owed “at least $3 million in reparations.” “We care about our reparations and we have to put white people on notice that we want our reparations,” Tony Daniel added. A representative for the City of Tampa told WFLA.com there are no council members currently…
Hershey says it stands by its International Women’s Day campaign featuring a trans woman even after calls to boycott the...
Newsbreak 3 months ago in Around The World, Boycott, Candy, candy bar, equality, Hershey's, International Women's Day, News, Retail, Social Media, Tech Insider, Twitter 0 Hershey is facing calls for a boycott over its International Womens’ Day campaign. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg/Getty Images Hershey says it stands by its International Women’s Day campaign featuring a trans woman. The campaign featured Fae Johnstone, a trans woman, on chocolate-bar wrappers. The campaign triggered conservatives on social media who are calling for a boycott of the company. Chocolate company Hershey said it stands by its…
Latinas in the U.S. still face striking wage gap
Story at a look Thursday, Dec. 8 is Latina Equal Pay Day, an annual reminder of the stark distinction Latinas earn in comparability to their white counterparts. A report from the nonprofit Justice for Migrant Women discovered that Latinas with reported earnings made 0.54 cents for each $1 a White non-Hispanic man earned in 2021. That gap was even wider in 2020, when Latinas earned…
For Seinde and Dunni Arigbede: Making haste slowly for human equality
Tribune Online For Seinde and Dunni Arigbede: Making haste slowly for human equality I’m as fixed because the northern star/Of whose true-fix’d and resting high quality/There isn’t any fellow within the firmament. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 111, scene 1 We maintain these truths to be self-evident: that every one males and ladies are created equal… Elizabeth Cady Stanton My first revealed e…