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The Bra That Tried To Kill Me
FASHION

The Bra That Tried To Kill Me

At first it seemed like the one for me. It had cushy straps that seemed wide enough not to sever my shoulders. It had thick underwires strong enough for a space shuttle (but made for a woman... ). It wasn't very pretty, though, a characteristic that many of the "big" ones share. I wanted a pretty bra even though my husband's opinion on bras is: "It's what's inside that counts". What I thought was the perfect bra made me feel supported, and I even looked a little thinner with everything in its place. I took really good care of it, hanging it up to dry like instructed on the care tag. Then something happened. It started as just a little poke in the side, just under my arm. I ignored it at first, thinking I could just readjust. Every time I washed it and wore it, I would pull the wire back...
9 Tried-And-Tested Lead Magnets You Need To Use [Infographic]
CONTENT MARKETING

9 Tried-And-Tested Lead Magnets You Need To Use [Infographic]

Email marketing is the key ingredient for the success of any lead generation strategy. But who would want to share their email address for free just to have an inbox full of spam and irrelevant emails? This is where bribing the prospects with insightful content comes into the picture. Or to put it in marketing terms, you can use lead magnets in return for email addresses. A Lead Magnet can be a free trial/demo, toolkit, white papers, e-book, or any piece of content that is relevant to your brand. Their main objective is to compel users to give out their personal information. They do this by providing useful information and building up the audience’s interest and trust in your product or service. Hence, in this article, we will walk you through the 9 tried-and-tested lead magnets you need...
Biden Tried Taxing US Billionaires’ Wealth – Why It Will Never Work
BUSINESS

Biden Tried Taxing US Billionaires’ Wealth – Why It Will Never Work

Beverly Moran, Vanderbilt University The speed with which a tax on billionaires came and went as a means to pay for President Joe Biden’s economic agenda shows why it’s so hard to tax wealth in the U.S. Democrats unveiled their proposal on Oct. 27, 2021, and it was nixed that same day, replaced with a surcharge on millionaire incomes. The idea of taxing the richest Americans’ fortunes has been batted around for some time, and perhaps with good reason from a tax perspective. The total wealth of U.S. billionaires soared by US$1.8 trillion during the COVID-19 pandemic as of mid-August. And recent reporting has found that despite their massive riches, billionaires tend to pay very little in taxes. As an expert on tax policy, I have observed that there’s a big obstacle standing in the way o...
Journalism, SOCIAL JUSTICE

This Isn’t the First Time White Supremacists Have Tried to Cancel Birthright Citizenship

History shows that a broad coalition of civil rights activists is how to fight back. In the latest in a long string of attacks on immigration, this week Trump declared he would issue an executive order ending birthright citizenship. Established by the 14th amendment to grant citizenship to freed slaves, the idea that all people born in the United States are U.S. citizens, regardless of race or where their parents came from, has long been upheld by the courts and the Constitution. But this is not the first time White supremacists have tried to restrict the rights of citizenship along racial lines. In a little-known episode from World War II, nativist agitators who had led earlier efforts to exclude Asian immigrant communities—and paved the way for Japanese American incarcerati...