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Everytown launches campaign demanding colleges, universities divest from gun industry

Friday, January 27 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Students Demand Action, a grassroots network of Everytown for Gun Safety, is launching a campaign calling on colleges and universities across the country to divest from the gun industry. Students at nearly 30 colleges and universities around the country have joined the... Read More.

City of Buffalo files first of its kind lawsuit against gun industry

Tuesday, December 20 by ABC News

(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- The city of Buffalo announced Tuesday it has filed a "first of its kind" lawsuit against the gun industry, seven months after a teenager killed 10 people and wounded three others at a Buffalo grocery store. The lawsuit was announced by Mayor... Read More.

Child care industry struggles with shortage of workers: ‘This is unheard of’

Thursday, October 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Marcelo Candia spends all day teaching a classroom full of 4-year-old children in northern Virginia -- then walks across the street to work in a grocery store bakery for four more hours. It's the reality faced by so many workers in the... Read More.

What’s behind rise of women in US manufacturing amid industry revival?

Thursday, October 6 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A surge of women in the manufacturing industry in recent years has punctured the stereotypes of who is working in American factories, data shows. During the 2010s, the share of women in the manufacturing industry grew among all age groups, according to... Read More.

Hurricane Ian could cripple Florida’s home insurance industry

Thursday, September 29 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Ian could cripple Florida's already-fragile homeowners insurance market. Experts say a major storm like Ian could push some of those insurance companies into insolvency, making it harder for people to collect on claims. Since January 2020, at least a dozen insurance... Read More.

Nude Barre fights colorism in fashion industry by offering diverse hosiery for all

Wednesday, August 31 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- After years of hardship as a professional dancer trying to find tights that matched her skin tone, Erin Carpenter took matters into her own hands. A little over a decade ago, the former New York Knicks dancer founded Nude Barre, a bodywear... Read More.

Industry group says most EVs will no longer qualify for federal tax credits

Tuesday, August 16 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Car buyers hoping to get a tax credit from the government for an electric vehicle after President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act into law might find fewer vehicles that qualify. The Clean Vehicle Credit, a part of the Inflation Reduction Act... Read More.

Music industry backs bill to limit use of rap lyrics in federal court amid Young Thug indictment

Thursday, July 28 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Top music industry leaders, including the Recording Academy, are backing legislation introduced in Congress on Wednesday that would limit the use of rap lyrics as evidence by federal prosecutors in court proceedings. The Restoring Artistic Protection Act -- the RAP Act -- which... Read More.

How the agriculture industry must adapt to megadrought in the West: Experts

Thursday, June 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The industry that overwhelmingly uses the most water resources in the West does so for good reason: to provide sustenance for the rest of the country. Globally, the agriculture sector uses 70% of all freshwater withdrawals. In California, that number is ever... Read More.

WHO accuses tobacco industry of ‘greenwashing’ in new report

Thursday, May 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Companies like British American Tobacco and Philip Morris International don’t typically come to mind as environmental stewards. But a new report from the World Health Organization and STOP, a global tobacco watchdog, outlines how the tobacco industry has been working to... Read More.

Black tattoo artists push for diversity in the white-dominated industry

Thursday, February 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Although tattooing has been around for centuries, the practice was mainly underground before becoming recognized as legitimate art in modern history. Despite being a fairly mainstream industry now, discriminatory hiring practices and racial stigmas are among the challenges that Black tattoo artists... Read More.

Top car design executive speaks out about diversity in the industry

Friday, February 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- You may not know Ralph Gilles by name but you may have owned (or admired) his cars: the Dodge Viper, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram truck, to name a few. Gilles, the 52-year-old chief design officer of Stellantis, the automotive giant that... Read More.

Stories tagged with: industry

Everytown launches campaign demanding colleges, universities divest from gun industry

City of Buffalo files first of its kind lawsuit against gun industry

Child care industry struggles with shortage of workers: ‘This is unheard of’

What’s behind rise of women in US manufacturing amid industry revival?

Hurricane Ian could cripple Florida’s home insurance industry

Nude Barre fights colorism in fashion industry by offering diverse hosiery for all

Music industry backs bill to limit use of rap lyrics in federal court amid Young Thug indictment

How the agriculture industry must adapt to megadrought in the West: Experts

WHO accuses tobacco industry of ‘greenwashing’ in new report

Black tattoo artists push for diversity in the white-dominated industry

Top car design executive speaks out about diversity in the industry

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