Do you live in Florida? Will you vote to ban assault weapons? Chances are good that the issue will be on the ballot in 2020. Florida law allows citizens to propose amendments to the state constitution by petition. The issue can then be put before voters in a general election, provided all the conditions are met to place the amendment on the ballot. According to FLAPOL, ballot amendments must gather 76,620 …
American Trucks Continues To Do the Right Thing
When you're on the road, you do the right thing. When you modify your pickup, you do the right thing. It's good to see American Trucks—a premium sponsor of Adpulp.com—extend this concept well beyond the act of driving and modifying trucks. American Trucks is actively offering scholarships to enterprising students and the Paoli, Pennsylvania-based aftermarket parts company is issuing grants to local non-profits …
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LATAM Airlines Asks Its Customers to Fly Without Prejudices
Brands are taking stronger and stronger stances today. But is anyone paying attention? IPG's Graphene, the agency created to serve the LATAM Airlines account, wanted to make sure that travelers noticed the airline's support for LGBT+ Pride month. To this end, they applied rainbow colored baggage tags to customer's checked bags, complete with a call for inclusion: "Tags are for baggage, not for …
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Taylor Swift Tells The Haters To Calm Down
Taylor Swift's new pro-Pride release, "You Need To Calm Down," has been on YouTube for just 24 hours and already the music video has been viewed more than 20 million times. Sometimes, it takes a pop star. https://youtu.be/Dkk9gvTmCXY The vibrantly colored, surreal video features her reunion with Katy Perry along with cameo appearances from Ellen Degeneres, Ryan Reynolds, Dexter Mayfield, Laverne Cox, Karamu …
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Warriors for Women Launch New Campaign; Cast of The Handmaid’s Tale Adds Support
It's 2019, but it in many parts of the U.S. it could be 1919 again. A woman's right to make her own choices about her health and her body is under widespread attack. This year alone, 303 bills restricting abortion care have been filed in 47 states. Among those bills, 135 ban abortion in some or all circumstances. So far in 2019, nine U.S. states have passed laws of this type, and more states are considering …
RAICES Puts “Kids In Cages” In New Yorker’s Faces; NYPD Called In To “Keep the Peace”
This is not a subtle time in America or the world. It's a highly disruptive time, with people fleeing famine caused by climate change, people at war, people harassed by gangs, people shot at work or school, and so on. To fight against the gross injustices that are happening right now on our watch, the messaging from politicians and humanitarian causes must find a new much more aggressive edge. RAICES, the …
The New Frontier In Privacy: Your Face
Agree or disagree? Communications technology, like all new technology, is neither good nor evil. I believe what we choose to do with technology is what matters. For instance, Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) can be used for the good of all, or it can be used by a draconian surveillance state to control a population. Last year, Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, warned that the technology was too …
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Deny Americans Avocados And The Revolution Begins
Are you ready to go days, weeks or months with no avocado toast? Are you prepared to eat tortilla chips with no assistance from guacamole? The nightmare scenario above could be here sooner than you think, provided Trump gets his way again. Should the worst happen, and the U.S./Mexican border close, U.S. grocery stores and restaurants will be completely out of avocados in three weeks. Are you ready for that dark …
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