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• Amazon shoppers snatch up pepper spray as US protests continue

  Excerpt: Spencer Soper, Bloomberg Published 2:37 p.m. ET June 1, 2020 | Updated 2:40 p.m. ET June 1, 2020 Amazon.com Inc. shoppers are buying up pepper spray as demonstrations continue around the country and self-defense becomes top-of-mind for some Americans.

• Atlanta police chief resigns after officers shoot dead African American man – as it happened | US news

  Excerpt: The AP reports from New Orleans where bars are letting in customers on Saturday for the first time in three months amid an atmosphere of uncertainty for owners: Capacity is limited to 25 percent, live music remains prohibited, and

• Walmart announces big-money racial equity initiatives

  Excerpt: Walmart CEO Doug McMillon released a statement saying the company must go further in hiring more black associates across all levels and positions. Walmart executives are planning several company initiatives to increase racial equity at the retail behemoth. The

• Facebook’s Plan to Spot the Next Big Social App – Nasdaq

  Excerpt: Facebook’s Plan to Spot the Next Big Social App  Nasdaq News Link News Link Sourced by Obamacare.TV

• Calls rise for energy sector to improve diversity: ‘It’s what they call shared power’

  Excerpt: The rank and file of the wind and solar sectors are slightly more diverse, according to a 2019 report for state energy officials, but some of the highest-paid jobs are dominated by white workers. In the solar sector, 88

• Apple pledges $100 million to foster racial equity and justice

  Excerpt: “I saw firsthand that the only thing that made lasting and durable change was people of good will putting aside comfort and safety to speak up, to march, to call for accountability”. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced on Thursday