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Truman’s Wants To Reduce Single-use Plastics In The Household Cleaner Industry

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Imagine wasting 5 billion pounds of plastic shipping a product that is 98% water. Cleaning brands do it every year. There is a better way. The household cleaning aisle at the store features dozens of spray cleaners for different surfaces, and the ingredient lists are a mile long with chemical names that are impossible to pronounce. While…

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Schmidt’s is Teaming Up with Trans Justice Funding Project

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2015 TJFP Facilitator, Andrea Jenkins

Promoting the critical role that self-care, community, and wellness play in the trans and non-binary community.  Throughout Lachlan’s own journey, they have experienced isolation first-hand and felt the need for community support. They quickly learned the importance of self-care and a positive headspace. At Schmidt’s, we understand the need for support within a community and how small…

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Ben Stiller testified to the Senate on the plight of Syrian refugees.

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“In many parts of the world, the term ‘refugee’ has unfortunately become politicized, despite the fact that refugees are real people with real stories … These people have lost everything.” Written Testimony of: Ben Stiller Goodwill Ambassador United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at a hearing on The Humanitarian Impact of Eight Years of War…

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‘Knock Down the House’ puts AOC’s stunning victory in larger context

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By providing a ground-floor seat to the start of the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez phenomenon, “Knock Down the House” feels like an extended window into a moment in history. That fortuitous twist, however, risks overshadowing the documentary’s larger message, which essentially serves as a rallying cry to brave elected politics, emphasizing that AOC is the notable exception,…

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