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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had a warning for American business: "Our private sector must stop taking cues from the Outrage-Industrial Complex." The sectors complaints centered around Republicans going state to state to undermine free and fair elections. And so, are companies outraged? Damn straight they are. They have good reason, and its not because their chief executives are "woke" or the left pressured them. Its because a healthy democracy is in their corporate interests. The Tr...

Froma Harrop: It’s in companies’ interest to save the democracy By Froma Harrop • 7 hours ago Froma Harrop Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had a warning for American business: “Our private sector must stop taking cues from the Outrage-Industrial Complex.” The sector’s complaints centered around Republicans’ going state to state to undermine free and fair elections. And so, are companies outraged? Damn straight they are. They have good reason, and it’s not because their c...

Statewide Business Community Launches PSA to Encourage Vaccinations "Do It For" PSA launches as state expands vaccine eligibility to all residents 16 and older News provided by Share this article Share this article SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The unified California business community today released a new public service announcement (PSA), "Do It For," which will air statewide on TV, radio and social media, reaching millions of California residents in both English and S...

Africa’s business leaders given mandate to stand up and do good By Opinion By Jordan Rittenberry AFRICA’S business leaders now have a clear mandate from consumers and society to work with governments and civil society organisations to limit the fallout from Covid-19 and accelerate the continent’s development. In the age of consumer and employee activism, those that get it right could meaningfully enhance their reputations and the long-term growth of their organisations. On the ot...

In the wake of America’s ongoing social upheavals, corporations are now besieged with demands to repurpose their considerable lobbying power.

Guest column: The business case for democracy Your turn On the heels of a record-setting election turnout and an election free of any substantive voter fraud, Republicans in Georgia enacted new legislation that can be best described as voter suppression. That the bill was premised on the big lie of a stolen election, makes its passage all the more insidious. Republicans did not like the outcome of the last elections in Georgia. Who likes to be on the losing side? But instead of figuring out how...

Article content Misinformation feeds mistrust. When it comes to news, Canadians should trust traditional media sources, including newspapers, radio and television. At least that’s how it used to be. Today, with a rising tide of misinformation and fake news that’s spreading faster than a wildfire, that trust has been thrown out the window. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Trust journalists to do their job Back to video The recently released 2021...

NYT, "Corporations, Vocal About Racial Justice, Go Quiet on Voting Rights," starts off this way: "As Black Lives Matter protesters filled the streets last summer, many of the countrys largest corporations expressed solidarity and pledged support for racial justice. But now, with lawmakers around the country advancing restrictive voting rights bills that would have a disproportionate impact on Black voters, corporate America has gone quiet." The author is talking about new voting laws just passe...

NYT, “Corporations, Vocal About Racial Justice, Go Quiet on Voting Rights,” starts off this way: “As Black Lives Matter protesters filled the streets last summer, many of the country’s largest corporations expressed solidarity and pledged support for racial justice. But now, with lawmakers around the country advancing restrictive voting rights bills that would have a disproportionate impact on Black voters, corporate America has gone quiet.” The author is talking about new voting l...

Now Near Next – The Latest View from OOH March 12, 2021 James Byrne, marketing manager, PML Group, with this week’s view from OOH A lot to report on mobility this week. In its weekly briefing, the Department of the Taoiseach has reported from data showing a big jump in people moving around in the last month. Retail and recreation mobility are up 16%, workplace mobility is up 7% and footfall in Dublin city is up 29% – almost 900,000 thousand people. Travel volumes increased in every...