Greater diversity and inclusion is now part of the menu at McDonald’s, especially when it comes to the suppliers the massive fast-food chain is committed to working with. Hilary Russ from Reuters has reported that McDonald’s, along with 20 of its largest U.S. suppliers, including meat producers Cargill and Tyson…
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Cuba Anti-Government Protests: More Than 100 Arrested, at Least One Reported Dead
Cuba has entered its third day of intense civil turmoil following anti-government protests erupting across the country on Sunday, July 11. CNN’s Patrick Oppmann and Al Goodman have reported that more than 100 individuals, including a number of reporters and civic leaders, have been arrested or are now missing. According…
White House Eases Restrictions on Food Stamps Impacting 1.3 Million Primarily Black and Latinx Americans
In 2018, the Trump administration issued a proposal that would have placed employment requirements on individuals receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), making it significantly harder for up to 1.3 million Americans — predominantly Black women and Latinas who are currently disproportionately impacted by the pandemic —…
School District Repackages Unused Food to Fight Student Hunger
The Elkhart School District of Indiana just started saving their wasted food and repackaging and freezing it. Instead of simply throwing the uneaten food in the trash like they were doing, they are sending it home with at-risk students so they for sure have something to eat on the weekends. The school…