TUAL, Indonesia — The same trawlers that had enslaved countless migrant fishermen for years carried more than 300 of them to freedom Saturday after a dramatic rescue from a remote Indonesian island. After 17 hours overnight at sea, the men, mostly from Myanmar, filed off the boats and walked to the site of their new […]
BANGKOK (AP) — A leading human rights group has called on Dunkin’ Donuts to withdraw a “bizarre and racist” advertisement for chocolate doughnuts in Thailand that shows a smiling woman with bright pink lips in blackface makeup. The Dunkin’ Donuts franchise in Thailand launched a campaign earlier this month for their new “Charcoal Donut” featuring […]
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A national job action yesterday by thousands of fast-food workers in more than 60 cities was staged to call attention to their low wages and their inability to support their families. The wages of workers in the fast-food industry have been under considerable scrutiny after 200 workers walked off their jobs in New York City […]
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Merrill Lynch, one of the biggest brokerage firms on Wall Street, has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a racial bias lawsuit that wound through the federal courts for eight years, including two appeals to the United States Supreme Court. The payout in the suit, which was filed on behalf of 700 black brokers […]
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