House Votes to Raise Age for Semi-Automatic Weapons, Starbucks to Close Public Bathrooms, Postmates Faces Heat Over Pride Month Campaign


House Votes to Raise Age for Buying Semi-Automatic Weapons

The House voted 228-to-199 to raise the age for buying semiautomatic weapons to 21-years-old and to ban the sale of ammunition magazines with the capacity of more than 15 rounds.

There does not seem to be hope that Congress will act.

To read more:

https://www.wesh.com/article/house-raises-age-buy-guns/40233739#

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-votes-raise-minimum-age-buy-semi-automatic-rifles-21-rcna32615


Starbucks to Close Bathrooms to Public

Starbuck’s Chief Executive Howard Shultz said that the company is ending its open bathroom policy to ensure that the coffee shop remains a place of safety and protection. According to Shultz, as mental health problems grow across the nation, it becomes increasingly hard for employees to manage an open bathroom policy to non-customers who come into stores.

To read more:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/business/dealbook/howard-schultz-starbucks-bathroom.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/10/starbucks-bathrooms-schultz/


Postmates Faces Heat Over “Bottom-Friendly” Menu

Postmates started an ad campaign in celebration of Pride Month that featured a “Bottom Friendly” menu, and it is has generated mixed reviews on social media. Postmates responded to a remark stating that the company is “tired of heterosexual sex being the main focus of sexual education. Homosexual sex, specifically bottoming, is all too often omitted and stigmatized.”

To read more:

https://www.thecut.com/2022/06/postmates-walmart-burger-king-pride-month.html

https://www.foxnews.com/us/postmates-slammed-bottom-friendly-pride-month-menu

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