Month: September 2020

The British Fashion Council has announced the launch of its Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee as part of its “long-term plan to fight prejudice and discrimination and galvanise the industry into action”. The committee is made up of industry and British Fashion Council representatives and its role will be to address “key challenges facing minority communities in gaining fair representation” in fashion. The priority work of the committee will be to “stamp out racism,” explained…

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Turkish GP organisers have announced that 40,000 tickets for their November 15 event at Istanbul Park were sold within six hours this week. The race has returned to the calendar after a nine-year absence and is one of several rounds of the F1 world championship – along with Mugello, the Nürburgring, Portimão and Imola – that were included on the sport’s rebuilt 2020 schedule as a result of the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.…

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This is Election Countdown, The Hill’s weekly newsletter from Lisa Hagen (@LA_Hagen) and Max Greenwood (@KMaxGreenwood) that brings you the biggest stories on the campaign trail. We’d love to hear from you, so feel free to reach out to Lisa at [email protected] and Max at [email protected]. with any questions, comments, criticisms or food recommendations (mostly the latter, please). Click here to sign up.   We’re 34 days until the 2018 midterm elections and 762 days…

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Arizona congressional candidate Greg Stanton was robbed outside of a Phoenix restaurant on Saturday night by a man carrying a weapon, he confirmed to The Hill on Sunday. Stanton, the former mayor of Phoenix, said in a statement to The Hill that he was robbed as he was walking to his car after dinner when a man approached him with what appeared to be a hatchet, and robbed him. Click Here: cheap all stars rugby…

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Recognizing that a bold agenda cannot advance if corporate Democrats have a stranglehold on the committees that determine whether legislation move forward or collapse, a coalition of progressive groups representing millions of Americans has launched a pressure campaign urging House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to appoint Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to a seat on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. “Democrats must not be allowed to give Wall Street and Big Pharma veto…

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In order to entrap families once they come forward to claim minors who have been detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, the Trump administration is using information coaxed out of the traumatized children who have been forced to enter government custody, according to more than 100 national groups that denounced the practice on Wednesday. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Wednesday, 112 groups—including…

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The national televised address by President Donald Trump was widely denounced on Tuesday night after his performance from the Oval Office—in which he used well-worn racist tactics to dehumanize immigrants and refugees by painting them as violent criminals, but said nothing new or convincing about the need to shutdown the federal government in order to obtain funds to build his “ridiculous” border wall. Click Here: gold coast suns 2019 guernsey “Trump is the real national…

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Click:hair service As a growing number of Democratic contenders announce their 2020 presidential campaigns, a coalition of grassroots groups hoping Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will also run are not waiting for an official declaration as they expand their organizing efforts and continue to make the case for why the senator would be the best candidate. Organizing for Bernie has partnered with Our Revolution, Progressive Democrats of America, and The People for Bernie Sanders to plan…

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Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) suggested last week that the $5 billion President Donald Trump is demanding for construction of his “border wall” would be better spent on education, healthcare, green jobs, and other priorities that actually have a tangible impact on people’s lives, and a new survey published on Thursday found that most Americans agree. According to a Business Insider poll—released as the government shutdown over wall funding continued into its sixth day—only 19 percent…

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A national poll released Monday showed Bernie Sanders leading the 2020 Democratic presidential field. The new Emerson survey marks the first time the Vermont senator has come out ahead of former Vice President Joe Biden in a major survey. Emerson’s poll put Sanders in first place with 29 percent support, Biden in second with 24 percent, and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg in third with nine percent. Biden is expected to officially declare his…

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