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Netflix employees are staging a walkout as a fired organizer speaks out

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Netflix employees are staging a walkout today as a fired organizer speaks out

The Netflix employee resource group supporting trans and nonbinary people is demanding better representation, both on-screen and in management.

A Florida school district will pay $25 million to the families of Parkland victims

Mourners visit a makeshift memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2020, during the two-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting that killed 17 people and injured another 17. Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images hide caption

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A Florida school district will pay $25 million to the families of Parkland victims

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Pianist Lara Downes re-centers the music of the Great Migration

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School board elections will be an early test of what issues motivate voters

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Netflix employees are staging a walkout as a fired organizer speaks out

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