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☆ Memorial from broken headstones unveiled for desecrated Jewish cemetery in Belarus
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —When a large Jewish cemetery was paved over last century to create a sports ground in Belarus, the headstones were used to make roads and buildings. Brest, also known as Brest-Litovsk, had been a hub of Jewish life before World War II, with Jewish residents first recorded there in the 14th century. Debra Brunner of The Together Plan stands in a warehouse in Brest, surrounded by the broken headstones. The Together PlanThe first stage of the desecration began during the war, when the Nazis tried to destroy the cemetery by selling off the headstones. His whole family other than his nuclear family was murdered.”He added: “In 1997 there were no signs of the cemetery.

Persons: Yad Vashem, Debra Brunner, ”, matzevot, Artur Livshyts, Brunner, ” Brunner, ” Artur Livshyts, Livshyts, Alexander Lukashenko, Stephen Grynberg’s, Jack, Grynberg, Steven Spielberg, ” Grynberg, Dad’s, Brad Goldberg –, Stephen Grynberg, Stephen Grynberg “ I’m, Goldberg, ” Livshyts Organizations: CNN, Litovsk, The, Religious Jewish, Religious Jewish Union of, Shoah Foundation, Hollywood Locations: Belarus, United Kingdom, Brest, Yad, Israel’s, “, Belarusian, Minsk, Ukraine, Los Angeles, Religious Jewish Union, Religious Jewish Union of Belarus, Texas, United States, ”

☆ Opinion | Can Civics Lessons for the Young Help Mend Society?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “By Dropping Civics, Colleges Gave Fuel to the Culture Wars,” by Debra Satz and Dan Edelstein (Opinion guest essay, Sept. 7):As a humanities professor for three decades, I am frequently amazed at the — dare I say — hubris of my colleagues when it comes to their estimate of their capacity to mold the conscience of the Republic. Professors Satz and Edelstein believe that the decline in prevalence of “Western Civ” courses in the curriculum has been a key element in the degradation of our civic culture. Their notion that some 40 hours of class time turned students’ souls toward the light is indeed touching, but highly unlikely. They neglect to mention, for example, that in the days they look back on fondly, when freshmen wrestled with the eternal verities revealed by Socrates, these courses seldom moved Southern whites to rethink their subjugation of Black people, or Northern whites to call their Southern brothers and sisters to account. Colleges can do many things, but turning the culture away from its immemorial vices is not one of them.

Persons: Debra Satz, Dan Edelstein, Satz, Edelstein, Socrates Organizations: Civics, Colleges, Culture, Republic

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)on Tuesday accused Walmart Inc of failing to put an end to severe sexual harassment of female workers by the manager of a West Virginia store and of firing a woman after she complained to the commission. Debra Lawrence, the EEOC's regional attorney in Philadelphia, said preventing sexual harassment requires employers to act "promptly and forcefully." The EEOC filed Tuesday's lawsuit on behalf of a class of female workers who were allegedly harassed by the manager. The commission is seeking an order requiring Walmart to revise its policies on preventing sexual harassment and retaliation, along with backpay and other money damages for the class of women. The case is EEOC v. Walmart Stores East LP, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, No.

Persons: groped, Debra Lawrence, Lawrence, Delaney Anderson, Jason Bailey, Daniel Wiessner Organizations: Walmart, Opportunity Commission, Walmart Inc, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: West Virginia, Lewisburg, Bentonville , Arkansas, Philadelphia, Southern District of West Virginia

☆ The Latest Cool Amenity? A Name Brand. How About Porsche?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Chart a 10-mile path down the Miami coast, and the options for luxury shopping are endless. But from Fendi to Missoni to Porsche to Bentley, the branded products many shoppers are buying aren’t items you can take home. Branded real estate is surging: The market for name-brand luxury condominium units is projected to grow 12 percent each year between now and 2026, according to a report from the global real estate consultants, Knight Frank. Like blue jean makers and handbag designers, developers have long understood the power of a label, and today in nearly every major city, homeowners can shop residences from well-known hospitality brands like Four Seasons, Aman and Ritz-Carlton. Now more surprising brands are getting in on the trend, with purveyors of both luxury cars and couture looking to condos for their next frontier.

Persons: Knight Frank, jean, Aman, Armani Casa Organizations: Porsche, Bentley, Ritz, Carlton, Armani, Bentley Residences Locations: Miami, Fendi, Missoni, Dade County, British

☆ AstraZeneca succession sickness demands urgent fix
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Aimee Donnellan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Can a CEO be worth $9 billion? That’s the question posed by the 4% fall in AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) shares following an article stating boss Pascal Soriot may soon resign. The company has played down the report, and its stock has recovered, but the episode highlights its uncertain position were 64-year-old Soriot to leave. Without a clear succession plan, investors should prepare for further swings. Small wonder investors and analysts wonder whether AstraZeneca will be able to find a successor capable of replicating his success.

Persons: Pascal Soriot, AstraZeneca’s, Ivan Menezes, Debra Crew, Soriot, Susan Galbraith, David Fredrickson, Luke Miels, Soriot’s, Neil Unmack, Streisand Neto Organizations: Reuters, Pfizer, pharma, Novartis, Sanofi, GSK, AstraZeneca, Diageo, Thomson Locations: AstraZeneca’s, Swedish

☆ BP succession fail puts spotlight on its board
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( George Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But the surprise departure of former leader Bernard Looney the previous day reflects poorly on the company’s board. Looney’s resignation, after failing to fully disclose details of past relationships with colleagues, appears to have caught BP by surprise. That’s embarrassing for the board, whose responsibilities include planning for succession in case something happens to the CEO. Auchincloss told staff in a brief town hall meeting on Sept. 13 that the company’s aims were unchanged. And our focus remains on performance – quarter by quarter,” Auchincloss, who was previously chief financial officer, told staff, according to a company spokesperson.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Murray Auchincloss, Helge Lund, Bernard Looney, Debra Crew, Ivan Menezes, Looney, John Browne’s, Browne, Tony Hayward, Hayward, Lund, Bernard Looney’s, Auchincloss, hasn’t, ” Auchincloss, Peter Thal Larsen, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Interim, Diageo, BP, Irish, Thomson Locations: British

During a formal swearing-in ceremony, Biden noted that the nation's historic documents were once held by George Washington and later by the State Department, before being entrusted to the National Archives, founded by Congress in 1934. Political Cartoons View All 1152 ImagesThe National Archives, meanwhile, has been thrust into the national political spotlight in unusual ways lately. “This experiment in democracy hinged on the people, and their ability to claim their rights and hold their elected officials accountable," Jill Biden said Monday. “That's what makes the National Archives so important. Without the National Archives, and the continued fulfillment of its mission, a healthy democracy cannot be sustained.”

Persons: Jill Biden, Colleen Shogan, Harriet Tubman’s, Thomas Edison’s, Biden, George Washington, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Shogan, Trump's, Debra Wall, “, ” Organizations: WASHINGTON, George Mason University, National Archives, Records Administration, State Department, Congress, Constitutional Convention, Archives, FBI, Senate, Nation Locations: Independence, Louisiana, United States

☆ Ventas CEO Debra Cafaro on rising interest rates, senior housing supply and demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailVentas CEO Debra Cafaro on rising interest rates, senior housing supply and demandDebra Cafaro, Ventas CEO, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss senior housing demand as 'Baby Boomers' retire.

Persons: Debra Cafaro, Boomers

When universities do not signal the intrinsic value of certain topics or texts by requiring them, many students simply follow market cues. In the absence of civic education, it is not surprising that universities are at the epicenter of debates over free speech and its proper exercise. Free speech is hard work. The basic assumptions and attitudes necessary for cultivating free speech do not come to us naturally. Universities and colleges must do a better job of explaining to our students the rationale for free speech, as well as cultivating in them the skills and mind-set necessary for its practice.

Organizations: Universities

☆ Meta's WhatsApp is chasing big businesses in effort to finally capitalize on app's popularity
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

Newton-Rex joined WhatsApp four years ago, leaving her high-level position at London-based financial firm WorldRemit for the new gig. Newton-Rex said Zuckerberg has been "a big part of the team," adding that he regularly speaks with Will Cathcart, the current head of WhatsApp. What's up with WhatsApp's business? In June, Meta said the WhatsApp Business app had quadrupled in the past three years to 200 million monthly active users. The Pew Research Center has previously detailed that WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app used by Hispanic Americans.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, WhatsApp, it's, It's, sidelining WhatsApp, Rather, Zuckerberg, Jim Cramer, Alice Newton, Rex, Uber, Newton, WorldRemit, Will Cathcart, Nick Lane, Debra Aho Williamson, Williamson, Jan Koum, Brian Acton, Jan Koum David Ramos, Acton, Koum, Meta, Meta's, that's, Mobilesquared's Lane, Lane Organizations: Facebook, Meta, CNBC, Consumers, Netflix, Insider Intelligence, Getty, Reuters It's, Intelligence, Pew Research Center, Twitter, Cambridge, SMS Locations: WhatsApp, India, Brazil, London, Indonesia, Colombia, Singapore, Newton, U.S, Canada, Spain, Italy, Argentina, North

The next day, Jason Haber, a real estate agent with Compass, started a Change.org petition demanding that Mr. Parcell resign. “I reached out to representatives for speakers at their upcoming conferences, asking them to withdraw their speaking slots. We were putting a lot of pressure on the organization.”Complaints about Mr. Parcell began to surface after Janelle Brevard, a former employee who said she had had a consensual relationship with Mr. Parcell, sued the group for racial and sexual discrimination and harassment. Ms. Brevard, who is Black, handled the group’s podcasts and videos and much of its marketing materials from 2019 to 2022. She said that after their relationship ended she was excluded from meetings and business trips and that Mr. Parcell, who is white, threatened to have her fired, according to her lawsuit.

Persons: Parcell’s, Jason Haber, Parcell, “, Mr, Haber, Janelle Brevard, Brevard Organizations: Times, Compass Locations: N.A.R

☆ Women Say Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Is Rife in Group for Realtors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Parcell said that he had never made such references or gestures. She also shared photographs that Mr. Parcell sent them of his crotch in April 2022. When asked about the memo by The Times, N.A.R. said it did not contain sexual harassment complaints and described the photographs sent by Mr. Parcell as “of a belt buckle.” The organization said all issues identified in the memo had been investigated and addressed. Mr. Parcell said he was asking for input on the design of a promotional N.A.R.

Persons: Braun, Parcell, it’s, Ms, Jennifer, ”, N.A.R, “ Organizations: Times, The Times Locations: Washington, Chicago, Utah

☆ TikTok is steamrolling past Instagram in user attention time, but is still far behind on ad dollars
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Sydney Bradley | Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

TikTok has surpassed Instagram in daily minutes spent on the app — by 2025, it could pass Facebook. Here are 3 takeaways from the report, including how ad spend on Instagram still trumps TikTok. In 2023, the company is projected to earn around six times as much as TikTok in ad dollars per adult user for each hour spent on the apps, Insider Intelligence reported. TikTok passed Instagram in total daily minutes in 2022 and will pass Facebook in 2025, according to Insider Intelligence forecasts. Insider Intelligence"Instagram is part of Meta and advertisers are still really wedded to Meta," said Debra Aho Williamson, a principal analyst at Insider Intelligence.

Persons: TikTok, Debra Aho Williamson, Mark Zuckerberg, Williamson Organizations: Facebook, Intelligence, Insider Intelligence, Meta, Instagram, YouTube Locations: Meta

☆ Inside Otter University: How Travis Kalanick's sales boot camp for young techies went off the rails
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Meghan Morris | Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

"It seemed like a cool, innovative new company," Lam said. Starting in early 2022, the company poured millions of dollars into an experimental sales boot camp called Otter University. She joined the company in 2020 as Otter's head of sales enablement and helped dream up the idea of a sales boot camp a year later. Two former OtterU employees said that Law and another Otter executive urged managers to join their teams for late-night drinks following team dinners. But the late nights and free-flowing alcohol struck some OtterU employees as inappropriate for the workplace, especially when managers had to deal with hungover teams the next day.

Persons: Brian Lam, messaged, Travis, Lam, Uber, It's, Kalanick, voraciously, they're, Otter, wasn't, salespeople, Cory Epstein, Phoebe Law, Law, people's, –, Kalanick's Uber, Otter's, Kate, Samul Beal, I'd, Beal, didn't, terminations, he'd, OtterU, I'm, grads, Salespeople, Guido Gabrielli, Keith Dunphy, Dunphy, Bram van Staalduinen, Phoebe Law's, Debra Glaser, Jen Zablotny, there's, Ordermark, Burger, Meghan, Darius Organizations: Texas, Otter, Storage Systems, Microsoft, Otter University, Law, Adobe, SAP, Houston, OtterU, hungover, NCR, Google, Brands, Houston Rockets Locations: Korean, Houston, Toronto, LA, Las Vegas, Miami, Seoul, South Korea, Houston ., OtterU, Otter, Canada

☆ Insurers face long road, high cost to cover obesity drugs after promising Wegovy heart health data
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

There is likely a long way to go before the U.S. sees increased insurance coverage for obesity drugs. While the trial results demonstrate that obesity drugs may have significant health benefits beyond shedding unwanted pounds, organizations representing U.S. insurers emphasized that the data is still preliminary. "Health insurance providers will continue to analyze new evidence as it becomes available," he added. Ceci Connolly, CEO of the Alliance of Community Health Plans, acknowledged the promise of the data but said "outrageous prices should give everyone pause." The organization represents regional, community-based health plans that cover more than 18 million Americans across the U.S.

Persons: Jim Vondruska, Wegovy, Eli Lilly, David Allen, Ceci Connolly, Jared Holz, It's, Debra Tyler's, Joe Buglewicz, Eduardo Grunvald, George Frey, UCSD's Gunvald, Eli, Ethan Lazarus, Lazarus Organizations: Reuters Novo Nordisk, Novo Nordisk, America's Health, Alliance of Community Health, U.S, Drugs, Pfizer, Medicare, CVS, Aetna, CNBC, Washington Post, Getty, UCSD Health's Center, International Foundation of Employee, University of Texas System, UTS, Novo, Reuters, Obesity Medicine Association, New England, of Medicine Locations: Chicago , Illinois, U.S, Mizuho, Killingworth, Conn, Texas

☆ Are You Ready to Buy a Home? Should You Rent? Take Our Quiz.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Before you even start looking, ask yourself a crucial question: Should I rent, or should I buy? A financial gut check First and foremost, the decision to rent or buy will depend on your financial situation. Unless you’re independently wealthy and ready to purchase a home with cash (if you are, why are you reading this article? The decision to buy a home isn’t only about finances, and owning isn’t right for everyone who can afford it. If the answer is exactly where you are, it might be a sign that you’re ready to buy.

Persons: Mark Conlan, Read, you’re, Don’t, you’ll, Sellers, it’s, I’ll Locations: Youngstown , Ohio, Manhattan

☆ Diageo CEO says consumers are continuing to spend despite a difficult macro environment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDiageo CEO says consumers are continuing to spend despite a difficult macro environmentDebra Crew, CEO of Diageo, discusses Diageo's earnings and why demand for beverages has not dropped.

Persons: Crew Organizations: Diageo

LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Tanqueray gin maker Diageo (DGE.L) narrowly beat full-year earnings estimates on Tuesday as sales of its more expensive liquor brands offset lower volumes. Diageo's most expensive brands accounted for 57% of its overall organic net sales growth, it said. Diageo said full-year sales were driven by a strong first half. Diageo said its organic net sales increase reflected gains of 7.3 percentage points from higher prices and a more premium mix while organic sales volumes fell 0.8%. Diageo's organic operating profit rose 7%, beating the 6.3% expected by analysts.

Persons: Bourbon, Don Julio, lockdowns, Johnnie Walker, Morgan's, Tineke Frikkee, Debra Crew, Ivan Menezes, Diageo, Richa Naidu, Louise Heavens, Jason Neely Organizations: Diageo, Waverton Investment Management, Thomson

☆ Reddit throughout the years: Its rise to prominence, recent revolts and IPO plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Katie Brigham | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The price hikes have led some beloved third-party Reddit apps such as Apollo to shut down, instigating an uproar among the website's community of volunteer moderators, who often rely on third-party apps to run the site's 100,000+ discussion communities, called subreddits. But tensions remain high, and some say that if Reddit doesn't rebuild trust, its most passionate users will go elsewhere. Ohanian rejoined Reddit as executive chairman in 2014 and Huffman rejoined as CEO the next year. But it's not just tech giants who use Reddit's API. These third-party apps are largely just alternatives to Reddit's official mobile app, which didn't even exist until 2016.

Persons: Reddit, David DeWald, Alexis Ohanian, Steve Huffman, Paul Graham, Ohanian, Huffman, Y Combinator, Condé Nast, Debra Aho Williamson, George Floyd's, it's, Apollo, Jakub Porzycki Organizations: University of Virginia, Advance, Facebook, Insider Intelligence, GameStop, AMC, Google, Getty

July 27 (Reuters) - Reels, Meta Platforms' (META.O) answer to viral short-form video app TikTok, elicited eyerolls when it launched in 2020 and was regarded as yet another example of Meta copying a popular rival. The number of Reels video plays on Facebook and Instagram now top 200 billion per day, up from 140 billion last fall. One reason for Reels' growth is that Meta's ad platform makes it seamless for advertisers to place their promotions on the feature, said Debra Aho Williamson, a principal analyst at Insider Intelligence. More than three-quarters of Meta's advertisers are placing ads on Reels, said Susan Li, Meta's chief financial officer. TikTok and its famous content recommendation algorithm remains the leader when it comes to time spent on social media apps.

Persons: Meta, Justin Osofsky, Instagram, TikTok, Osofsky, Mark Zuckerberg, Debra Aho Williamson, Susan Li, Zuckerberg, Meta's, Li, Sheila Dang, Katie Paul, Peter Henderson, Jamie Freed Organizations: Facebook, Meta, Intelligence, Insider Intelligence, Thomson Locations: Austin, New York

☆ What You Can Do at Home to Help Stem Climate Change
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Among Ms. Piper’s recommendations for simple shifts you can make to help stem climate change:Keep an Eye on the ThermostatThe global reliance on heating and cooling systems requires immense energy usage, resulting in immense carbon emissions. Composting, which instead allows food scraps to break down into a nutrient-rich material that feeds soil, breaks this cycle. Many citiesnow have public composting bins available to drop off their food scraps. And there’s a bonus: Heat pumps rely on heat exchangers, the same mechanisms that run refrigerators and freezers, and they can work in reverse. Think Sustainable LandscapingOne of the most powerful tools for fighting climate change might be hiding in your yard.

Organizations: Department of Energy, Protection Agency, Electric, York State, University of California Locations: —, Davis

☆ With Just a 5 Percent Down Payment, What Would $650,000 Buy in Bed-Stuy?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Bed-Stuy feels like a smaller universe within the larger New York City.”Mx. Saving to buy a home, which had felt like fantasy before the pandemic, suddenly felt possible. Haymon returned to Bed-Stuy, they were able to rent a two-bedroom with a balcony for $2,350 a month — a “Covid deal” that wouldn’t last forever. They reached out to Dalia Glazer, a real estate agent with Compass, and explained that they could spend up to $650,000 — as long as the down payment was only 5 percent. “I couldn’t go above 5 percent for a down payment,” Mx.

Persons: Miranda Haymon, “, Haymon, ”, Dalia Glazer, Ms, Glazer Organizations: North Brooklyn ., Wesleyan University, Compass, ” Locations: New York City, Bedford, Stuyvesant, North Brooklyn, Boston, Connecticut, New York, Midtown Manhattan

☆ Using AI to monitor orphaned elephants in Botswana could usher in the return of the woolly mammoth
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The startup has entered a collaboration with Elephant Havens, a wildlife foundation based in the Okavango Delta that cares for orphaned elephants. The findings, the organizations hope, could provide a blueprint for releasing the elephants into the wild and mammoth hybrids to the tundra. A new system for elephant monitoringHuman-wildlife conflict is the leading cause of elephant orphans in Botswana, says Elephant Havens founder Debra Stevens. After five years in the enclosure, Elephant Havens will reintroduce these bonded herds into the wild, and monitor their progress for a decade. Biotech company Colossal wants to create a hybrid combining mammoth DNA with that of Asian elephants.

Persons: “, –, Elephant, We’ll, ”, Matt James, Debra Stevens, “ That’s, Stevens, revel, Havens, Steve Metzler, Dr, Wendy Kiso, James, Debra, ” James, Ben Lamm, ” Lamm, Lamm Organizations: CNN, Colossal Biosciences, Biotech company Colossal, Colossal Locations: Botswana, Africa, rewilding, America

☆ She’s sent postcards to herself for over 40 years. Here’s what she’s learned
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Debra Dolan was 21 and on her first solo trip when she first sent a postcard to herself. Over the decades, she’s sent hundreds of postcards to herself from trips across the world. “I felt the most free traveling, I felt the most independent traveling, I felt most myself traveling, my most grateful, always, traveling. And I think that’s what the postcards capture.”A life in postcardsDolan says all the postcards she's ever sent herself have arrived. Dolan’s always sent her postcards mid-trip, she never “cheats” and posts them once she’s back home in Canada.

Persons: Debra Dolan, Dolan, ” Dolan, “, ‘ I’ll, ’, –, hadn’t, I’d, ’ ”, Here's Dolan, Debra Dolan “, ”, twentysomething Dolan, she’s, they’ve, Dolan’s, I’ve, – Dolan, ” Debra Dolan Dolan’s, Debbie, Debra, Debra Dolan Dolan Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Opera, Coliseum Locations: Canada, Vancouver, Finland, Australia, Amsterdam, Vienna, Helsinki, Santiago, Fiji, Turkey, Rome

☆ Alone in an Empty House, Female Real Estate Agents Face Danger
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Across the nation, the overwhelming majority of real estate agents are women — and they are vulnerable to abuse in an industry that offers few protections, demands that they meet clients alone in empty homes and encourages them to use their appearance to help bring in buyers. Reports of harassment and occasionally physical violence, including rape and even murder, highlight the risks they face. But the industry is also structured so that 90 percent of agents are not actually employees of the agencies they work with. They are independent contractors, which means they are not protected under Title VII — the federal law that prohibits discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace. It also means that many real estate agencies that rely on these agents for the vast majority of their income do not feel obligated — or even inclined — to offer them any kind of institutional protection or training.

Persons: —, VII Organizations: National Association of Realtors

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