Rice head coach Tina Langley talks with her players during a timeout in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas A&M, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke) (Michael Wyke / AP)
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FILE — Emily Cunningham, left, and Maren Costa outside Amazon’s Seattle headquarters on Dec. 3, 2019, had publicly pushed the company to reduce its impact on climate change and address concerns about its warehouse workers. Amazon illegally retaliated against two of its most prominent internal critics when it fired them last year, the National Labor Relations Board has determined. (Jenny Riffle/The New York Times)
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