#DMTBeautySpot #beauty NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 06: Protesters take a break and pose for a photo with two portraits of George Floyd on June 6, 2020 in New York City. This is the 12th day of protests since George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) After months of deliberation, the Minneapolis City Council has unanimously voted to give George...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty Mandatory Credit: Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10453032l) Democratic Represenative from New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attends the House Financial Services Committee hearing entitled, ‘The End of Affordable Housing? A Review of the Trump Administration’s Plans to Change Housing Finance in America’, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 22 October 2019. The hearing had testimony from US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Housing and Urban Development...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty After Oprah’s highly anticipated interview of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, the Duchess and Duke of Sussex, many Americans are coming to terms with just how corrupt the British monarchy remains today. During the interview, Markle and Prince Harry described how a member of the royal family voiced concern over what their son Archie’s skin color would be while she was pregnant with him, and how...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty On Friday, the U.S. Senate voted against Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposal to raise the national minimum wage from $7.25 to $15. One of the votes that helped knock down the progressive proposal came from Arizona’s Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. But Sinema didn’t just vote to keep poverty wages in place — she actually dressed up, carrying a Lululemon bag, and brought a cake. Yes, the senator literally...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty Bernie Sanders has been hard at work fighting for workers rights, among other things. On Friday morning, Sanders proposed an amendment to the $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 — which he called a “starvation wage” — to $15. The Senate ultimately rejected the demand for a $15 minimum wage. But that’s not all that Sen. Sanders has...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty FILE – In this Aug. 31, 2010, file photo, Caroline Giuliani arrives at Manhattan criminal court with her mother, Donna Hanover, in backround. Giuliani is the daughter of Rudy Giuliani, who’s vocal supporter of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, She told Politico in a report published Oct. 6, 2016, that she supports Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File) On Thursday, Caroline Giuliani,...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty After weeks of private talks, President Joe Biden has endorsed the right of workers at an Amazon facility in Alabama to unionize. On Sunday, Biden showed solidarity with unions and workers in a video message, although he didn’t explicitly name Amazon in the short speech. “Unions put power in the hands of workers, they level the playing field, they give you a stronger voice, for your...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty USA, Deep South, Louisiana, New Orleans, Jackson Square, St.Louis Cathedral, National Historic Landmark . (Photo by: Dukas/Christian Heeb/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) As new vaccines continue to roll out, the U.S. continues to see mass pushback from different sourcess — including anti-vaxxers and, apparently, the Catholic Church. This week, the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans called for a ban on the new Johnson & Johnson...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty On Tuesday, Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general and President Joe Biden’s choice for the nation’s top health official, finally received his confirmation hearing — but not without hostility from Republicans. During the testimony before the Senate Health Committee, several GOP senators expressed concerns about Becerra’s lack of direct healthcare experience, as well as his explicit support for abortion rights.  If confirmed as secretary, Becerra would play...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty On this day one year ago, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was killed by two white men while out for a jog in his neighborhood in Georgia. For a while, the case evaded national attention due to COVID-19’s domination of the news cycle around the world and specifically in America. But in May 2020, that changed when a video that showed the confrontation leading to...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty This week, the Equality Act was reintroduced in the House of Representatives in an effort to historically expand protections for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. In a Friday statement, President Joe Biden explained the urgency of passing this act — and why it’s one of his first major actions since taking office. “Every person should be treated with dignity and respect, and this bill represents a...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty Texas Senator Ted Cruz would do well to start believing in climate change now that his state has frozen over. But that’s unlikely, considering that, instead of staying to help lead Texans through the weather disaster that has left millions without power, water, and heat, Cruz instead left to go on a vacation with his family in Cancún, Mexico. In the aftermath of the disastrous scandal,...

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