Medium says employees can join Friday's strike against ICE: 'Our business thrives when the country thrives'

Protesters in New York held signs for Alex Pretti, the nurse who was shot by immigration officers.

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• Medium's CEO is giving his employees the option to take Friday off for the nationwide ICE strike.
• He said on Slack that "our business thrives when the country thrives."
• Activists and celebrities are calling for a no-work, no-school, and no-shopping economic blackout on Friday.

Online publisher Medium has told its employees...