Author: Darlen Vazquez-Rojas

Almost 7,000 Disney World workers signed a petition for a delay reopening as coronavirus cases surge in Florida at almost 100,000 cases and 3,173 deaths. What We Know: Disney World is set to open next month. Meanwhile, Florida sees a spike in coronavirus cases. The petition stated the following: “While theme parks are a great way to relax and enjoy free time, it is a non-essential business; it is not fair to the people who work there to risk their lives, especially if they are at risk or have family members who are at risk. People are more important than…

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Law

Slavery as a punishment is still legal in the state of Ohio. Even though the federal government ended slavery over 150 years, the 13th Amendment allowed Ohio to keep the option of slavery as a punishment. What We Know: Ohio is not the only state that allows slavery as a punishment. Minnesota’s constitution also still allows slavery. However, lawmakers are trying to change that. State Representative and President of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, Stephanie Howse told CNN that “Most legislators, even ourselves didn’t even realize that it was still here in our constitution.” Along with many representatives, members of…

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Almost 1,600 Google employees signed a petition to CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday to stop selling all of its products to the police. What We Know: Major companies such as Aunt Jemima, Tesla, and Adidas have decided to go over their policy again and established new mission statements for their fight against systemic racism. The petition, with almost 1,600 signatures from Google employees, has been signed and sent to their CEO in order to raise awareness and demand a to cut ties with the police and to support the “defunding of police in order to end systemic racism permanently”. This…

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A crowd of hundreds ambushed Tampa police officers early Saturday morning which resulted in two police officers being injured near the Ybor City neighborhood around 1 a.m. What We Know: Police officers responded to a report of shots fired and a possible victim at around 1 a.m. As officers searched for the possible victim, the crowd blocked all four ends of the intersection and became aggressive. According to Chief Brian Duggan, the crowd ambushed Tampa police and threw bottles, glass, and jumped on a police vehicle. Ultimately, there was no gunshot victim and it was ruled as a “set-up” to…

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Patagonia joins other retailers and pulls its ads from Facebook as part of the Stop Hate for Profit campaign and states that Facebook is “complicit in spreading disinformation and fomenting fear and hatred”. What We Know: Patagonia, who is known for its environmental activism, is boycotting Facebook as well as Instagram til the end of July “pending action” by Facebook. They have also sent Facebook a powerful message stating the following: “Your profits will never be worth promoting hate, bigotry, racism, antisemitism, and, violence.” The coalition of groups such as The Anti-Defamation League and NAACP have voiced allegations against Facebook…

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During the celebration of Juneteenth in Northwest Charlotte, gunshots were fired that resulted in two people dying and at least 12 hurt on early Monday. What We Know: The shooting happened during a multi-day street party in northwest Charlotte at around 12:30 a.m. on the 1800 block of Beatties Ford Road. According to investigators, there were at least 400 people at the Juneteenth celebration and at least 100 rounds were fired into the crowd. Deputy Chief Gerald Smith has labeled it as a “mass casualty incident” and involved several weapons that were used on the crowd which indicates more than…

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Senator Tom Cotton spoke publicly on how Twitter threatened to permanently lock his account on Fox news. What We Know: Senator Tom Cotton recently was under fire for his op-ed at the New York Times regarding using physical force on peaceful protesters. The Senator stated that Twitter threatened to permanently lock his account if he did not erase his opinion-based tweets and was only given 30 minutes to comply and delete the tweets. The Arkansas Senator has been very outspoken on how conservative sites or individuals are the only ones receiving this restriction. His tweets revolved around the lack of…

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Amidst the recent tragic death of George Floyd, companies all over the United States like Cream of Wheat are taking a step forward and replacing their stereotypical covers for their products. What We Know: Cream of Wheat became the latest food brand to announce a review and ultimately replace the packaging on Chicago Chef Frank L. White. The decision comes after Aunt Jemima announced Wednesday that they were changing their logo since it is a “racist caricature of a black maid”. Scholars brought awareness to the logo since it is about a man who spoke “broken English” and was depicted…

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Barack Obama’s DACA program was saved on June 18 after a long battle against the Trump administration. What We Know: Barack Obama created the DACA program in order to shield the 700,000 undocumented students from deportation and allow them to work legally in the United States. The Trump administration has threatened to cancel the program since 2017 and made it one of their promises in the campaign along with building a wall between Mexico and the United States. The program was saved by Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor. Many took…

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John Bolton has accused Donald Trump of asking China’s Xi for reelection help and to keep building concentration camps for the mass detention of Uyghur Muslims. What We Know: Former National security adviser John Bolton mentioned that during last year’s G-20 Summit in Osaka, Trump mentioned to China’s Xi the importance of “farmers and increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome”. John Bolton is known for being a grand supporter of many conservative issues on the U.S. military striking against Iran. The accusations were written in John Bolton’s new book, The Room Where It Happened. Along…

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