The 140-foot mural stands next to a building in downtown Spokane, Washington, sponsored in part by Terrain, a local nonprofit art organization. Terrain, along with digital advertising agencies 14Four and Seven2, hired 16 artists to decorate and paint each letter on Black Lives Matter, according to CNN affiliate KXLY. For …
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Just before the start of the game on Thursday night, the players, who were joined by coaches and game officials, knelt. Players also wore black “Black Lives Matter” shirts both during warm-ups and in the National Anthem. Some contained messages such as “Equality”, “I am a man”, “Ally” and “Say …
Read More »A ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural on Tulsa’s ‘Black Wall Street’ is being removed after city officials said it was never approved
Artists and volunteers, who are not officially affiliated with the Black Lives Matter organization, painted the large letters on June 18, a day before June 15 and two days before President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in the city. , according to the Tulsa World newspaper. He went up …
Read More »Facebook smashes revenue estimates amid pandemic, predicts ad growth
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) beat analyst estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday as companies used their digital advertising tools to take advantage of a surge in online traffic during the coronavirus pandemic, even as they cut marketing budgets elsewhere. FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo seen on a …
Read More »Johnson & Johnson begins human study of COVID-19 vaccine after promising data on monkeys
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson began human safety trials in the US on Thursday for its COVID-19 vaccine after publishing details of a study in monkeys that showed its best-performing candidate vaccine offered strong protection in a single dose. FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed …
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