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Pinterest Vows to Add More Female Executives, Workers of Color
Business, Published on 20/05/2021
» Pinterest Inc. has set new targets for increasing the number of women in leadership and improving racial and ethnic diversity throughout its workforce, a move that comes after the social-media company was roiled last year by claims of discrimination.
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Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 29/11/2019
» Looking at your newsfeed can give you a sense of doom and gloom these days. Venice faces its worst flood in 50 years. Koala becomes "functionally extinct" because of the (at the time of writing) ongoing bushfires in Australia. Another Thai factory was shut down and workers were laid off en masse. If you need a break from bad news like I do, you're in luck. Here are three funny headlines -- unintentionally or not -- to lift up your mood.
When textbooks get it oh-so-wrong
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 26/05/2017
» Textbooks are meant to inform learners of facts -- not alternative forms of fiction -- on a particular subject. They also provide students with information on things relevant to them, helping them to navigate their lives and make sense of the world.
Organ donors save lives
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/08/2011
» Kidney, liver and heart transplants mean life or death to many. The Red Cross aims to end the growing organ shortage.
Looks like justice, but isn't
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/08/2011
» Village poisoned by lead mine wins legal case but after decades gets nothing. A microcosm of bigger problems.
Labour justice
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/07/2011
» Will better wages and benefits for labour really lead to lost export competitiveness, bankruptcy and a flood of cheap immigrant labour?
Guns or doctors?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/06/2011
» Thailand suffers from a doctor shortage but not a shortage of soldiers. Military spending eats up money for health care.
Buddhism in UK prisons
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/04/2011
» Forest monk and reknowned teacher Ajahn Chah gave the thumbs up to the project in 1977. His student Venerable Khemadhammo transformed the dream into reality.