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Yelp will flag businesses where customers and employees report racism

by Erika Beras
Oct 9, 2020
The labels could change consumer behavior, but they could also run into a number of problems.
Yelp's new racism label could change consumer behavior, but not necessarily for the better, one expert said.
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Race and Economy

U.S. suffered $16 trillion loss over 20 years due to racism new Citigroup study finds

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Sep 23, 2020
The biggest factor is entrepreneurship, where inequities resulted in a $13 trillion loss.
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Elections 2020

How Black Americans have been blocked from voting throughout U.S. history

by Reema Khrais , Hayley Hershman and Beth Pearlman
Sep 21, 2020
A conversation with Gilda R. Daniels, author of “Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America.”
Various labor unions and progressive organizations protest on Capitol Hill Sept. 16, 2015, calling for the restoration of the Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court.
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Quaker Oats is retiring the Aunt Jemima brand because of its origins in "a racial stereotype"

by David Brancaccio , Marielle Segarra and Alex Schroeder
Jun 17, 2020
Up until now, Quaker hasn't been interested in changing the logo or even acknowledging the history of the brand.
The branding of Aunt Jemima actually goes back to the late 1800s, and was used to evoke a common racist caricature of Black women.
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Bon Appétit editor-in-chief resigns after brownface photo resurfaces

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Jun 9, 2020
Allegations of racial discrimination and pay disparity at the magazine have followed.
The photo of Adam Rapoport and his wife ⁠— which was apparently first posted on Instagram in 2013 ⁠— shows the couple dressed as stereotypes of Puerto Ricans.
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NFL admits it was wrong on player protests

by Andy Uhler
Jun 9, 2020
Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league was "wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier," but he has not mentioned quarterback Colin Kaepernick by name.
“The protesters' reactions to these incidents reflect the pain, anger and frustration that so many of us feel," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said.
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"This has been going on for the entire history of this country"

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Jun 5, 2020
NYT culture writer Wesley Morris finds profound meaning in song lyrics while processing this American moment.
People in New York City protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd.
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Race and Economy

The right and wrong ways for CEOs to address racism and policing

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Jun 2, 2020
Being authentic in a corporate press release or memo is difficult.
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COVID-19

A Shanghai postcard: life after the COVID-19 economic shutdown

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 27, 2020
With masks, fever checks and health QR codes, there are signs that the coronavirus still poses a threat to daily life.
Marketplace's Jennifer Pak on a hike three hours outside of Shanghai. Before departing, she had to make sure she could return to the city without being quarantined.
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What employers need to know about the coronavirus

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Feb 10, 2020
"You don't want to negligently or knowingly expose your workforce to a novel infection like a coronavirus," Lawrence Gostin of Georgetown University told Marketplace's
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