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Airbnb and Airbnb.org will provide temporary housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees worldwide. The company’s CEO, Brian Chesky, announced the move yesterday on Twitter. The displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the US and elsewhere is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time. We feel a responsibility to step up. — Brian Chesky […]

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The British Army’s new #ASoldierIsASoldier recruitment campaign makes it clear to women that they’ll receive equal pay, equal treatment in the field, and the same chances to advance as men have. Addressing aging stereotypes head-on, the advert at the campaign’s heart cuts to ridiculous concepts of female-adapted Army equipment such as “beach body rations” and […]

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The ad business is a Boys Club of the highest order. Zoe Scaman, a strategist, recently reaffirmed this fact and set the Interwebs on fire with her front-line reporting of the abuse she endured while working in agencies not her own. Her narrative is both raw and ugly as can be. Painful though it is, […]

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New research from UK-based housing charity Shelter shows that 1 in 3 in Britain (34%) – some 17.5m people – are impacted by the housing emergency. To combat the crises, the advocacy group launched a new campaign, ‘Fight For Home’, created by Who Wot Why, which shows the unfiltered truths lurking behind the national housing […]

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When you’re out and about, do you see people primping for the camera? You don’t have to look far. Selfie preparation is happening all around us, in idling cars, in living rooms, in restaurants and bars, and on the street. So many carefully curated images, so little room for reality. Because reality bites. Reality is […]

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“At this table, we pass the salt but never any bitterness.” The idea is utopian but sweet. Like so many brands around the world today, Coca-Cola’s Peruvia brand, Inca Kola, is now actively promoting diversity and acceptance of all Peruvians in its new 60-second commercial from McCann Lima. “The table is set. Join us.” The […]

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This Earth Day, carbon-neutral idealists in Colorado stopped crying in their craft beers and started making bad beers, on purpose, as a way to illustrate to beer lovers just how awful things could get if we continue to avoid the climate crisis. Fat Tire released Torched Earth Ale, a beer made with smoke-tainted water, dandelions, […]

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In this fun, informative, and optimistic episode of Ad Chatter, Dan Goldgeier speaks with featured guest, Deborah Morrison, Ph.D. Morrison is the Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising at the University of Oregon. She’s also hard at work finishing her new book, Brave Work in the Age of Climate Change. Her book takes one […]

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It is Back to School season. Due to the pandemic, the annual tradition is now fraught with concern for everyone’s safety and well being. Consequently, educators around the nation are busy mapping out safe ways for students to return to schools, classrooms, and dorms while social distancing. Thankfully, some helpful materials are being made available […]

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The Texas Compassionate Use Program was first established in 2015, allowing the use of high-CBD, low-THC cannabis oil only for Texans diagnosed with intractable epilepsy. Though legal, marijuana is still classified as a Schedule 1 drug and is not covered by insurance. As a result, the cost for treatment can range from $250 to $1,000 […]

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