Black Americans have long struggled to obtain equitable and efficient access to health care, and a new study published in JAMA Network Open indicates that the issue extends to patient portals. According to CBS News, researchers analyzed patient portal message responses from over 39,000 patients at Boston Medical Center in …
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Computer-science students are being shielded from the liberal arts. That may be a problem. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Max Whittaker / The New York Times / Redux March 22, 2024, 1:17 PM ET This is Atlantic Intelligence, a limited-run series in which our writers help you wrap your mind …
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by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors March 11, 2024 No matter how successful we are in business, life can, without our permission, drop a bombshell that we never saw coming or could have been prepared for. Originally Published May 27, 2015. No matter how successful we are in business, life can, without …
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by Jeroslyn JoVonn March 22, 2024 Funkmaster Flex is making a time shift on Hot97 that reportedly has PM drive host Nessa Diab “very upset.” Funkmaster Flex is making a time shift on Hot97 that reportedly has PM drive host Nessa Diab “very upset.” Insiders revealed changes coming to the …
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Remember the concept of monthly or weekly allowances? Depending on your household, you were either given an allowance for doing household chores or, if you were lucky, your parents gave you an allowance just because. Whether that money was your spending money or stowed away safely in your piggy bank, …
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by Rafael Pena March 22, 2024 McDonald’s franchisees in California are at the forefront of a contentious debate surrounding the state’s new minimum wage law. Kerri Harper-Howie, the proprietor of 21 McDonald’s franchises in California, finds herself at the forefront of a contentious debate surrounding the state’s new minimum wage …
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Tracy Morgan has apparently learned the secret to packing on the pounds while taking a popular weight-loss prescription drug. According to People, the actor stopped by “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday, where he told the late-night show host that he’d gained 40 pounds while taking Ozempic, an …
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L: Langston Hughes, R: Jessie FausetPhoto: Getty On March 21, 1924, a group of Black and white artists and intellectuals got together at New York’s Civic Club for a dinner party to celebrate author Jessie R. Fauset’s debut novel, “There is Confusion.” Organizers Charles S. Johnson and Alain Locke thought …
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by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton March 14, 2024 A new era is underway at Revolt. It’s no secret that there has been a change at Revolt, but that doesn’t change the mission of the platform. The purpose of the company remains the same with an added feature that has gripped …
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Updated at 9:25 p.m. ET on March 21, 2024. On a soggy January day, New York Mayor Eric Adams travels to a theater in the Bronx to deliver his State of the City address. As dignitaries and the odd reporter take their seats, an Afro-Latino jazz band jams onstage, followed …
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