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Black mother's real experts on gun violence

Why Is It So Expensive?’ We Asked People From Around the World What They Think of U.S. Health Care.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/opinion/healthcare-us.html?referringSource=articleShare

Anecdote in NYT report paints McCarthy's leadership during 1/6 Trump riot in poor light - MSNBC

Left a colleague behind

Republicans want Black people to disappear. Sports leagues can help stop them

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Bostic: U.S. should study ways to offset wealth impact of systemic racism - Reuters

Bostic, the first and so far only Black American appointed to run one of the Fed’s 12 regional reserve banks, has been outspoken about the impact of systemic racism -- be it slavery or more recent practices like discrimination in mortgage lending -- on the ability of Black families in particular to build wealth. https://apple.news/Atk0D5fz0SbaCtk2l6GFc9w

Three times the number of African Americans were arrested for marijuana-related offenses in Chicago than other ethnicities combined in 2020

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-marijuana-legalization-parallel-worlds-20210415-4hydfuinvje27mtctklm7dq4r4-story.html Three times the number of African Americans were arrested for marijuana-related offenses in Chicago than other ethnicities combined in 2020, according to Chicago Police Department arrest totals retrieved under a Freedom of Information Act request. The arrest figures are only the latest sign of disparity in the state’s fledgling marijuana industry.

Get rid of your POOR ME mentality!

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