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The fashion industry thrives as furniture sales gather dust
[ad_1] Shoppers shop for clothes at a clothing store in Seoul on April 13. [YONHAP] The lifting of social distancing measures in April sparked a boom in the fashion industry as people stepped out, giving furniture and home décor companies that were thriving when people were stuck at home. I gave it a shot. Second ... -
Copenhagen Fashion Week bans fur after PETA protests
[ad_1] Following last year’s fur protest organized by PETA UK, Copenhagen Fashion Week has announced that it has banned the use of fur and fur clothing at this year’s shows as a sign of its commitment to animal welfare. “It’s time to take the wild animals off the catwalk.” – Emma Hakanson, co-founder of Collective ... -
RE-4 School District School Board Ballot Adds Bond and Factory Tax Overrides to November Ballot
[ad_1] Weld RE-4 school district voters will make a decision this fall. The Weld RE-4 School Board voted Monday night to include a $271 million bond bill and a $5 million factory levy tax preference in the November ballot. Time is 2 years. School district voters rejected both the bond and the MLO in November ... -
Women’s health and rights advocate Nafis Sadik dies at 92 : NPR
[ad_1] Nafis Sadik was released May 5, 1997 in Geneva, Switzerland. Beatrix Stamp Free /AP hide caption toggle caption Beatrix Stamp Free /AP Nafis Sadik was released May 5, 1997 in Geneva, Switzerland. Beatrix Stamp Free /AP UNITED NATIONS — Nafis Sadik, the Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the landmark ... -
Women’s health and rights advocate Nafis Sadik dies at 92
[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani physician and women’s health and rights advocate who spearheaded a landmark action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 United Nations Population Conference, is 93 years old. died four days before her birthday, her son said late Monday. Omar Sadik said his mother died of ... -
Partisan Rifts Widen, Perceptions of School Quality Decline
[ad_1] The results of the 16th annual Education Next survey, conducted in May 2022 with a nationally representative sample of 1,784 American adults (see the methodology sidebar for more details), complicate many of these grand prognostications. While last year’s survey revealed sharp changes in support for a variety of education reforms (see “Hunger for Stability ... -
Three new endowed courses in the College of Arts and Sciences
[ad_1] Three new endowed courses in the College of Arts and Sciences Melissa Lee: Assistant Professor, Dean of the Klein Family Melissa M. Lee has joined Penn Arts and Science as the Klein Family Presidential Assistant Professor of Political Science. An expert in conflict studies and an expert in international and domestic politics of state-building ... -
Mobilize the working class in defence of public education and to stop the pandemic! Build the Ontario Education Workers Rank-and-File Committee!
[ad_1] The following statement was discussed and approved unanimously at last Sunday’s founding meeting of the Ontario Education Workers Rank-and-File Committee. Education workers are on a collision course with the province’s hard-right, Doug Ford-led government. Sunday’s meeting took place just days after Education Minister Stephen Lecce threatened to criminalize strike action by any of the ...
