“We’re trying to build the plane while we’re flying it,” one expert told Ed. “We’re having to make decisions with quite massive consequences in the absence of secure data. It’s a nightmare for your average cautious public-health professional.” THE ATLANTIC Today’s coronavirus update in three sentences: Another week of high …
Read More »Pop Smoke 911 Call Released
Pop Smoke reportedly passed away on his way to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on February 19, and since, it’s still unclear as to the circumstances surrounding his untimely death. Now, the 911 call has been released. Via TMZ, the call relays panic and chaos surrounding the discovery of …
Read More »This Female Mechanic In Nigeria Is Teaching African Women How To Fix Their Cars
Sandra Aguebor teaching a mechanic class (Image: Facebook) Nigeria is home to Africa’s largest economy and population. One entrepreneur based in the country’s largest city, Lagos, is helping women gain some independence by teaching them a skill many assumed you “need” a man to do: fixing their car. Sandra Aguebor …
Read More »Trump Administration Rejects Obamacare Special Enrollment Period During COVID-19 Crisis
The Trump administration has announced that it will not be reopening the special Obamacare enrollment to uninsured Americans despite the current coronavirus pandemic, citing they would be looking at other options. This news comes after many health insurers and Democrats pleaded to create a sign-up window for uninsured people in …
Read More »Restrictions on Gay Men Donating Blood Eased by FDA
Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) At this point, you probably don’t need me to reiterate that hospitals are in short supply of, well, everything. Thankfully, the Food and Drug Administration made some moves on Thursday that will hopefully ease at least one of those shortages. NBC News reports that the …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics Daily: There Goes the Economy
It’s too late to stop these layoffs, but the federal government can soften the economic blow by expanding its messaging to companies about the $300 billion loan program it launched last week, and then funnel more money into it: The message should be: You have a patriotic and moral …
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Read More »BE Exclusive: Chase Consumer Banking CEO Thasunda Duckett Offers Strategies For Building and Preserving Black Wealth
Thasunda Duckett is on a mission. In addition to overseeing a 5,000-plus branch network with more than $680 million in deposits, the driven CEO of Chase Consumer Banking seeks to address persistent racial and economic barriers to black wealth creation. As the sponsoring executive of the financial Institution’s Advancing Black …
Read More »Legendary Jazz Pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. Dead at 85
Photo: AP Photo (Sophia Germer) Ellis Marsalis Jr., legendary jazz musician, educator and patriarch of the Marsalis family, has died at the age of 85. After being admitted to the hospital over the weekend with symptoms of pneumonia, the New York Times reports that the cause of death was from …
Read More »The Coronavirus Exposes the EU’s Limited Power
The other, perhaps greater, reason for the EU’s inaction is that it doesn’t have much of a choice. Contrary to the belief of some European politicians, the bloc cannot unilaterally expel a member state. It can suspend certain rights of a country under Article 7 of the Treaty of Lisbon …
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