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racism Arizona CEO who calls black Uber driver the N– word is banned from app, suspended from job Carla Sinclair

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Business Robocalls: Finally, DOJ seeks court enforcement action against telecoms for phone spam Xeni Jardin

gender Two years after a federal law banning shackling women during childbirth was passed, prisoners in America are still giving birth in chains Cory Doctorow