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Violence at work AP Explains: Kashmir on edge 1 year after major Indian shift
SRINAGAR, India — Indian-controlled Kashmir has remained on edge in the year since New Delhi scrapped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy and imposed a near-total clampdown. While deeply unpopular in Muslim-majority Kashmir, the sudden move last August resonated in much of India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was cheered by supporters for fulfilling a long-held Hindu…
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Violence at work Colombia’s long virus lockdown fuels anxiety and depression
BOGOTA, Colombia — Like much of the world, Colombia shut down in March as coronavirus cases surged in Europe and began trickling into the South American country. But while restrictions have been lifted in many places elsewhere, a nationwide stay-at-home order remains in effect in Colombia more than four months after being put into place.…
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Sexual harassment Today in History
Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 6, the 219th day of 2020. There are 147 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 6, 1945, during World War II, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb code-named “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths.…
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Workplace discrimination Vice President Mike Pence calls Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts ‘a disappointment to conservatives’
William Cummings, USA TODAY Published 8:31 a.m. ET Aug. 6, 2020 | Updated 9:58 a.m. ET Aug. 6, 2020CLOSE Chief Justice John Roberts has been a conservative vote in important past rulings, but recent decisions have some wondering if he’s now a swing vote. USA TODAYVice President Mike Pence blasted Supreme Court Chief Justice John…
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Workplace discrimination The Supreme Court ruled on a landmark LGBTQ rights case. The DOJ has yet to enforce it.
CLOSE The Supreme Court ruled LGBTQ workers cannot be fired under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch wrote the decision. USA TODAYThis story was published in partnership with The 19th, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy. For Chris Sanders, June 15 changed everything. That day, the U.S.…
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Violence at work Family says politician John Hume, who won Nobel Peace Prize for work to end violence in Northern Ireland, has died at 83
ByThe Associated PressAugust 3, 2020, 8:34 AM1 min readLONDON — Family says politician John Hume, who won Nobel Peace Prize for work to end violence in Northern Ireland, has died at 83.Top StoriesFamily says politician John Hume, who won Nobel Peace Prize for work to end violence in Northern Ireland, has died at 83Aug 03,…
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Violence at work John Hume, who worked to end N. Ireland violence, dies at 83
One of the politicians who shared a Nobel Peace Prize for working to end violence in Northern Ireland, has diedBy DANICA KIRKA Associated PressAugust 3, 2020, 3:27 PM5 min readLONDON — John Hume, the visionary politician who won a Nobel Peace Prize for fashioning the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland, has…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Inequality makes school reopenings less fair
Erin Bromage is an associate professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. His research focuses on the evolution of the immune system and how animals defend themselves from infec…
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Violence at work Formerly incarcerated woman runs to be 1st Black woman in Congress from Tennessee
The former public defender is challenging a 17-year Democratic incumbent. August 1, 2020, 10:05 AM5 min read Keeda Haynes believes she brings a unique perspective to the race for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District. After spending over three years in prison for a crime she says she didn’t commit, she hopes a spot in Washington will…
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Workplace discrimination #BlackBirdersWeek, #BlackInNeuro: Black scientists, physicians are using hashtags to uplift
CLOSE The movement to end systemic racism has never been stronger. How can you be part of the solution to end it? USA TODAYBlack scientists are embracing the hashtag movement that forced the nation to take a hard look at systemic racism.As #BlackLivesMatter remains a rallying cry across the country, Black researchers and physicians are using tags including…