HUFFINGTONPOST FANS: June 2020

I am feeling anxious to get out of the house — and so is everyone else, if increased interest in RV rentals is any indication. But before you find a Winnebego and hit the road, check out some crucial RV advice below. As for me, I ordered a pair of roller skates and plan to hit the sidewalk, hopefully not with my face. If you have a less sweaty, more relaxing summer escape in mind, check out this roundup of inflatable pools and our best advice for hitting the beach during coronavirus. Whatever you do, stay safe!

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With COVID-19 limiting the ways people can safely travel, interest in RVs is spiking: RV rental site Outdoorsy says its average daily bookings are up by more than 2,600% since late March. HuffPost’s Casey Bond is currently driving across the country in an RV herself, and she spoke with a slew of experts to find out all the things you need to know before you join the hoards of other Americans in motor homes, vans, campers and trailers this summer. As Casey can tell you, RV life can be pretty stressful if you’re a first-timer.

16 tips you need to know before you take off in an RV

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If you get involved with the ongoing protests and demonstrations against racism and police brutality, you may gain invaluable skills such as resilience, project management and organizational leadership. These are transferable, and you should put them on your résumé when you search for a job, human resources professor Kyra Leigh Sutton argued last week in Business Insider. But before you do, there are a few specific things you ought to consider. We spoke with Sutton and other experts to help you determine when it’s right to list your activism and how.

Should you really list protesting on your résumé?

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Ever wished you could watch something on Netflix without the people you share your account with finding out? Say, if you wanted to skip ahead in a show you’ve pledged to watch with your significant other? Here’s how to delete a show from your Netflix viewing history.

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Layoffs, Pay Cuts, Unfair Contracts: Journalists Working In Language Media and Small Editions Face Exploitation Every Day

Lokmat has laid off close to 700 of its employees, of which about 30% are journalists, from editions and newsrooms spread across Maharashtra, Delhi and areas bordering Madhya Pradesh, HuffPost India has learnt from interviews with reporters and a petition filed in the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High court by the Maharashtra Union of Working Journalists.

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Lokmat isn’t the only language media group that is doing it. Sakal Media Group, headed by NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s nephew Abhijit Pawar, has shut down its English edition Sakal Times and Goa edition Gomantak Times and has also closed operations of the Marathi flagship paper in four districts- Akola, Jalgaon, Nanded, and Solapur. Sakal’s downsizing has rendered over 100 journalists jobless.

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The recent layoffs of hundreds of journalists at The Hindu and the Hindustan Times has sparked understandable concern over the health of India’s news business, yet the large-scale decimation of non-English newsrooms has inspired little comment. While the English language press dominates the national conversation — particularly on social media — the non-English press is arguably more influential and reaches tens of thousands more readers. The discord in the Marathi news ecosystem is symptomatic of similar problems in language papers across the country. Many of these layoffs have been explained as a consequence of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing national lockdown and economic recession.