More U.S. workers getting Juneteenth off as awareness grows VIEW
More than 460 companies, including Nike, Twitter and Lyft, have committed to observing Juneteenth, with the majority offering a paid day off, according to HellaCreative.
Aunt Jemima brand retired by Quaker due to racial stereotype
America’s painful struggles over racism have finally caught up with Aunt Jemima, that ubiquitous fixture served up at breakfast tables for 131 years.
Women, minorities shoulder front-line work during pandemic VIEW
Workers deemed “essential” are mostly women, people of color and more likely to be immigrants. They're also more likely to live below the federal poverty...
Some Instacart, Amazon workers strike as jobs get riskier
NEW YORK (AP) — Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job Monday demanding greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both companies...