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Reading Time: 3 minutes By: Lisa M. Hayes – Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. I think we

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May 21, 2020 Confluence

Now This: How To Stay Politically Active While Social Distancing

Reading Time: 4 minutes While every U.S. state has eased restrictions put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus, social distancing is still widely encouraged amid the pandemic, which happens to coincide with a major election season. Even though crowds and congregating — including rallies, political events and neighborhood canvassing — will be rare for the foreseeable future, people can still be politically active while they’re indoors. Below are a few ways to stay politically engaged while adhering to measures meant to keep crowds at a minimum.

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May 20, 2020 Confluence

4 Ways to Help Nurses During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Reading Time: 3 minutes America’s nurses are on the front lines of the fight against coronavirus, providing safe, quality, compassionate and nondiscriminatory care to those they serve, many of whom are doing so at significant risk to their own well-being. To show your support during this uncertain time, consider taking part in these four key actions.

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May 20, 2020 Confluence

Vox: “I am considering myself an essential worker”: An imam on carrying out Muslim funerals amid the pandemic

Reading Time: 7 minutes Occasionally, Ali performs a burial for someone who has no friends or family to mourn them. With so many funerals performed back to back, he asks other families to join him in praying for the deceased.

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May 12, 2020 Confluence

Vox: Why white men in America are refusing to wear masks

Reading Time: 9 minutes Since the pandemic began, the issue of wearing masks has further exposed America’s racial and gender prejudices.

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May 1, 2020 Confluence

Guest Editorial: This is not how you create a stronger country

Reading Time: 3 minutes By: Vanessa Burnett – Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. 🐄🐖 One of 1,000 angles on Trump’s

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April 28, 2020 Confluence

Janitors Fight for Justice During the COVID-19 Pandemic | NowThis

Reading Time: < 1 minute These women are among the 2.4 million janitors working on the front lines of COVID-19 in the U.S. — and they say cleaners like them are underpaid, undervalued, and lack proper protection. In partnership with Times Up.

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April 24, 2020 Confluence

Vox: “I did not sign up for the military. I signed up for Walmart.”

Reading Time: 6 minutes As the virus has spread and workers have begun speaking out, grocery companies have been taking some steps to protect employees. Walmart announced on April 3 that, beginning the following day, it would limit store occupancy to five customers per 1,000 feet, or about 20 percent of normal. When a Walmart employee tests positive for Covid, “we have processes in place to inform associates within the impacted store,” Rebecca Thomason, senior manager of corporate communications at the company, told Vox.