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Weekly Roundup 1.29.2021
We hope everyone had a relaxing break. This week’s highlights include Amazon workers unionizing, new Twitter policies, and of course, GameStop: Amazon Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikel
Category: Newsletters
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As Veterans Build an Online Community, Divisions are Laid Bare
By Ted Harrison — During the recent protests against police brutality and systemic racism here in Washington, D.C., a majority of the war memorials were spared from being vandalized. One exception, however, was a simple question spray-painted on the World War II Memorial asking: “Do Black Vets Count?” As a veteran, I feel the obvious answer is “of course they do,” but the treatment of black WWII veterans – most of whom were denied life-changing benefits like the GI Bill – shows that, at least to the government, they did not.
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