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By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press | Jul 25, 2020 at 7:59 PM In this June 26, 2020, file photo Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, center, speaks during a news conference with members of the coronavirus task force at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington.…

This may not be the best design for a bottle.A bar in Connecticut has pulled a beer from its lineup after customers complained that the bottle looked like a Ku Klux Klan hood. According to the beer’s brewer, however, the bottle was actually designed to denounce racism.In a post that was shared to Facebook on Saturday,…

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden thrusts his fist while answering questions from reporters during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque(Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his party has assembled a group of 600 lawyers and thousands of…

Walmart bowed to criticism and announced it would stop allowing sales of “All Lives Matter” merchandise. America’s largest retailer said it had just come to its attention that this phrase “minimized” Black Lives Matter. “Recently, some associates and customers have raised concerns about ‘All Lives Matter’ products,” the company said in a statement. “As we…

Snap Inc. sought to show Black users it cared about them by releasing an interactive camera filter to commemorate Juneteenth. But the filter and social media outcry that followed only reminded the world of the company’s history of racist or insensitive blunders and lack of internal diversity. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the day in…