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“Right to Farm” Amendment Stirs Up Passions in Missouri

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The amount raised by groups for and against Missouri’s Amendment 1 since January 1, according to the St. Supporters such as the Missouri Farm Bureau have raised $1 million through the Missouri Farmers Care umbrella group. Louis Post-Dispatch. “We are not against breeding. But does it actually do anything?

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Better Because You Were There

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According to The New York Times , living with the pandemic “has pushed us to reckon with our deepest questions … [about] how we make meaning of our time on this earth.” This was shortly after the killings of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, in 2012, and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.

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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

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The issue is this: These industries have focused on certain regions of the country—tech in Silicon Valley and Seattle, media in New York and DC—a model that made more sense when physical limitations made it harder to spread out. And the tech world runs into this problem a lot, too.

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If You’re Looking for a Job, Look Inland, Lists Say

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News and World Report. Sydney Bennet of Apartment List noted that large coastal cities like New York, Chicago, and San Francisco tend to price themselves out of the market, leading smaller markets to be a better bet.

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In “Digital Protest,” NAACP Urges Users to Boycott Facebook

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.” In addition, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson cited concerns about Facebook’s use of opposition research in an effort to discredit the company’s critics, highlighted in recent New York Times coverage.

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NAACP Hosts Bias Training for New Jersey Police

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.” Dozens of police departments around the country have opted for FIP training after controversial deaths of young black men in Baltimore, New York City, and Ferguson, Missouri, at the hands of police officers. The Science of Bias.

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Michael Jordan Antiviolence Donation Strategy Strikes Careful Political Balance

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cities, including New York City and Baltimore, and smaller ones, such as Ferguson, Missouri, LDF works to ensure federal funds to police departments are used to support critical training and reforms to end racial bias and to promote best practices for community policing. Working in large U.S.