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Three of Stacey Abrams' romance novels that she wrote 20 years ago will be reissued in 2022

Stacey Abrams wrote romance novels under pen name Selena Montgomery  Berkley, a Penguin Random House imprint, acquired rights to three of the novels  Rules of Engagement, The Art of Desire, Power of Persuasion to be out next year Her other books include nonfiction works Our Time Is Now and Minority Leader  In 2018, Abrams became first black woman to be major candidate for governor  She narrowly lost bitter election against Republican winner Brian Kemp  Abrams refused to concede after having accused Kemp of voter suppression  Kemp was secretary of state at the time he was also gubernatorial candidate Last year, Abrams was considered a leading candidate to be Joe Biden s VP pick 

Is Coke rethinking woke? Soft drink giant puts 'pause' on diversity plan

The Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company pauses controversial diversity plan  Plan requires outside law firms working for company to meet racial quotas  At least 30% of law firm s attorneys billed by Coca-Cola must be minorities  Plan also requires law firms to have half of the minority attorneys be black  Diversity plan put in place by Coca-Cola ex-General Counsel Bradley Gayton  Gayton resigned last week to become consultant to CEO James Quincey  He was replaced by Monica Howard Douglas, who announced pause in plan Coca-Cola came under fire from GOP after it opposed Georgia s election reform 

Florida GOP awaits governor's signature on new voting...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis expected to sign election reform bill into law  GOP-run state legislature passed bill making it harder to access drop boxes  The measure also requires voters to apply more frequently for mail-in ballots  Last month, Georgia s governor signed into law similar election reforms  Republicans claim measures are intended to protect against voter fraud Donald Trump claims he lost election to Joe Biden due to rampant fraud Courts dismissed claims, saying no evidence was presented to support them 

Rick Scott blasts 'woke corporate America' and warns of 'backlash from flyover country'

Apple moves production of its new Will Smith slave movie Emancipation from Georgia