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“Under the ballot measure, passed Tuesday alongside midterm congressional races, a section of the state Constitution allowing slavery “as punishment for a person who has been duly convicted of crime” has been removed, according to the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office.

Now the relevant section – passed with 79.54% of the vote – says "Slavery and involuntary servitude are forever prohibited. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an inmate from working when the inmate has been duly convicted of a crime."

Ballot measure in US state of Tennessee bans all forms of slavery After referendum passes with nearly 80% of votes, amendment removes language in state Constitution allowing for slavery as punishment for crimes - Anadolu Agency

“Mattel is honoring Madam C.J. Walker, the first female self-made millionaire, with her own Barbie doll.”

Barbie honors first female self-made millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker, with new doll The Madam C.J. Walker doll joins Mattel’s Barbie Inspiring Women Series, a collection that pays tribute to inspiring and courageous women.

"The general rule of thumb is to assume that if your workplace is providing you a tool or device, they can and will see what you do on it.

It could mean retrieving emails, messages on Microsoft Teams or texts on your company-provided mobile devices. Or, it could mean screenshots of a person’s messages on other services like Facebook, Twitter or Apple’s iMessage that come from the company’s monitoring software."

Your boss might be reading your work messages. Here’s how to prevent that. Your boss may have access to your chats, messages and emails at the workplace. But there are ways to protect yourself.