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Digital ‘Green Book’ aims to be ‘Yelp for inclusivity’

Wednesday, July 22 by ABC News

Courtesy Inclusive JourneysBy CLAYTON SANDELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As a Black woman in America, her reality is filled with stories that white friends and colleagues have trouble believing, said Crystal Egli.She said she's lost track of the number... Read More.

US hits 11 Chinese companies with sanctions over human rights abuses

Wednesday, July 22 by ABC News

Aleksandra Aleshchenko/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Monday that 11 Chinese companies would be blacklisted for alleged human rights violations.The companies are implicated in abuses associated with the People Republic of China's campaign... Read More.

Apple pledges to be 100% carbon neutral by 2030

Tuesday, July 21 by ABC News

AleksandarNakic/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(CUPERTINO, Calif.) -- Apple announced an ambitious pledge Tuesday -- unveiling a plan to make all the company's supply chains and products entirely carbon neutral by 2030."Businesses have a profound opportunity to help build a... Read More.

City finds innovative solution to funding reparations: Marijuana sales taxes

Monday, July 20 by ABC News

Nastasic/iStockBy ANDY FIES, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When the city council in Asheville, North Carolina, approved reparations this week for its African American residents and apologized for its history of slavery, the move was called historic and received global... Read More.

Trader Joe’s to change product branding after petition calls it ‘racist’

Sunday, July 19 by ABC News

iStock/ablokhinBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (New York) -- Grocery store chain Trader Joe's says it is changing its ethnic food packaging after more than 1,400 people signed a petition describing brands such as "Trader Ming's" and "Trader Jose's" as... Read More.

Black and white applicants treated differently when seeking small business aid: Study

Friday, July 17 by ABC News

Chansom Pantip/iStockBy ADIA ROBINSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A new study out Wednesday found a disparity in how Black and white loan applicants were treated when seeking help for small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.The... Read More.

A look at the 3-strikes-you’re-closed policy for reopened New York City bars and restaurants

Thursday, July 16 by ABC News

mandy_hart/iStockBY: KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — New York City bar and restaurant owners have closed, reopened, struggled and shifted business operations just to keep from going under amid the coronavirus pandemic. Now, a new policy mandated by Gov.... Read More.

Zappos Adaptive will sell single shoes, mixed sizes for people with physical differences

Thursday, July 16 by ABC News

ZapposBY: JACQUELINE LAUREAN YATES, GOOD MORNING AMERICA (NEW YORK) — Zappos says the company is starting a program to offer singe and different-size shoes to provide a more inclusive shopping space for people with physical differences and disabilities. The company announced... Read More.

1.3 million workers filed jobless claims last week

Thursday, July 16 by ABC News

courtneyk/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Labor Department on Thursday said 1.3 million more U.S. workers filed jobless claims last week.The weekly figure from the federal government is slowly declining since peaking in late March, but remains at... Read More.

Fast-food workers strike, alleging inadequate coronavirus protection in the workplace

Thursday, July 16 by ABC News

shaunl/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Fast-food workers across the country protested the allegedly unsafe work conditions at major fast food chains amid complaints about a lack of adequate COVID-19 protection.Fast-food staffers across Illinois and California filed complaints... Read More.

As COVID-19 financial crisis wages on, some economists warn of a divergent ‘K-shaped’ economic recovery

Thursday, July 16 by ABC News

John_Lamb/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Economic recoveries come in all sorts of shapes -- V, W and L -- and amid the economic devastation of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been copious debate about how the U.S.... Read More.

California gym refuses to shut down despite governor’s orders and rising COVID-19 cases

Wednesday, July 15 by ABC News

nathaphat/iStockBY: ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (RIVERSIDE, Calif.) — A gym in California has refused to shut down, in defiance of Gov. Gavin Newsom's orders in the wake of rising coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The owner of Fitness Mania in... Read More.

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Digital ‘Green Book’ aims to be ‘Yelp for inclusivity’

US hits 11 Chinese companies with sanctions over human rights abuses

Apple pledges to be 100% carbon neutral by 2030

City finds innovative solution to funding reparations: Marijuana sales taxes

Trader Joe’s to change product branding after petition calls it ‘racist’

Black and white applicants treated differently when seeking small business aid: Study

A look at the 3-strikes-you’re-closed policy for reopened New York City bars and restaurants

Zappos Adaptive will sell single shoes, mixed sizes for people with physical differences

1.3 million workers filed jobless claims last week

Fast-food workers strike, alleging inadequate coronavirus protection in the workplace

As COVID-19 financial crisis wages on, some economists warn of a divergent ‘K-shaped’ economic recovery

California gym refuses to shut down despite governor’s orders and rising COVID-19 cases

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