Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2019
8min448
"There's no free pass to engage in commercial discrimination against the state of Israel."
Tag: boycott
Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2019Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2019
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Florida is about to blacklist vacation rental home marketing giant Airbnb from state investment.
Jim RosicaJanuary 23, 2019
6min357
The website counters that it's "not boycotting Israel."
Scott PowersDecember 13, 2018
8min462
An international backlash against Airbnb’s November decision to not work with Israeli rental home hosts in Israel’s West Bank settlements is emerging in Florida with Surfside declaring the vacation rental home marketing platform is in violation of its law and Miami set to follow with a resolution condemning the company. The municipalities’ backlash comes after Airbnb […]
Drew WilsonAugust 15, 2018
5min319
The NFL preseason has started, but along with the first taste of football in months came renewed calls for a boycott of the pro league over some player’s decision to kneel during the national anthem. The issue is a divisive one. The players who kneel see their actions as a way to silently protest police […]
Associated PressFebruary 2, 2017
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has quit President Donald Trump‘s council of business leaders, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. Kalanick wrote to his employees that he’d spoken with Trump on Thursday to “let him know that I would not be able to participate on his economic council. Joining the group was […]
Melissa RossSeptember 3, 2015
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Amidst all the celebration and revelry of St. Augustine’s 450th commemorations this week, some are planning to protest the way the nation’s oldest city was founded. A coalition of Native American groups is calling for a boycott of the 450th, saying it “shamefully celebrates and honors the Doctrine of Discovery and Spain’s crimes against humanity.” The […]