Facebook Announces Climate Science Information Center and Net Zero Emissions Target

AUDIO: Sonia Sroka, Facebook Spokesperson
Click here for Spanish audio. (Menlo Park, CA, Tuesday, September 15, 2020) – Today, ahead of Climate Week, Facebook announced the launch of a new Climate Science Information Center on the platform to connect people...

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Bill Gates’ Foundation Releases New Data Tied to COVID-19 Effects

AUDIO: Bill Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(Seattle, WA, Tuesday, September 15, 2020) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released its fourth annual Goalkeepers Report this week. The report contains new data about the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on...

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Messenger Launches “Watch Together”

AUDIO: Nora Micheva, Product Manager at Facebook working on Messenger Video Chat
(Menlo Park, CA, Monday, September 14, 2020) – Earlier this spring, Facebook rolled out several features to help us stay more connected with the people we love, no matter where they might be. Now, Messenger...

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American Federation of Teachers President Discusses the COVID-19 School Crisis

AUDIO: Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
(Washington, DC, Friday, September 11, 2020) – We’re in the midst of a public health crisis the likes of which we’ve never experienced in our lifetimes. In the last two weeks of July, 97,000 kids...

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Employee Ownership Is Key to Rebuilding Small Businesses and the Economy

AUDIO: Hilary Abell, Co-founder, Project Equity
(San Francisco, CA, Wednesday, September 9, 2020) – Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy, making up 99.7% of all firms and providing 48% of jobs nationally. According to a poll by the U.S....

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Friends Committee on National Legislation Urges Americans to Get Out the Vote

Wednesday,  September 9, 2020 Dear PSA Director, The November 2020 election will be one of the most important elections of our lives. Before November, the Quaker organization, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is trying...

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Friends Committee on National Legislation está Tratando de Conseguir que Cientos de Votantes Adultos Jóvenes Registrados Vayan a Votar

Miércoles, 9 de septiembre 2020 Estimado(a) director(a) de PSA: Las elecciones de noviembre 2020 serán una de las elecciones más importantes de nuestras vidas. Antes de noviembre, el Comité de Amigos de la Legislación Nacional...

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For Families Impacted by Disasters, Help Is More Important Than Ever

Gail J. McGovern, President & CEO, American Red Cross
(Washington, DC, Thursday, September 3, 2020)  –This year, the U.S. has already been impacted by devastating weather events, including wildfires in California, extreme wind and rain from Hurricane Laura, tornadoes, floods, and even a heartbreaking...

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Newly Diagnosed COVID-19 Patients Needed to Participate in At-Home Clinical Trial

AUDIO: Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, Director of the Research Centre at the Montreal Heart Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal
(Montreal, QC, Thursday, September 3, 2020) – At the moment, there is no available, FDA-approved treatment that can be given to patients at home to prevent them from worsening illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19...

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Facebook Announces New Steps to Protect US Elections

AUDIO: Robert Traynham, Director of Public Affairs for Facebook
(Menlo Park, CA, Thursday, September 3, 2020) – Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced new steps Facebook will take to help secure the integrity of the US elections by encouraging voting, connecting people to authoritative...

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