How a past of institutional deception and mistruths has resulted in a shared distrust of healthcare in Black communities. — On the 8th of April, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, declared racism a “serious public health threat”. Referencing the unequal number of COVID-19 deaths in the Black community as opposed to others, the director of the CDC attributed the adverse health outcomes to structural racism. Needless to…

Has the CDC chosen vaccination incentive over statistical pandemic procedure? — “Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said this past Thursday. “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the…

Not everyone can be on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List, and that’s OK. Recently, a mentor of mine and I reached a new level of amity — we admitted to each other that we had searched for each other on LinkedIn before meeting. After disclosing this revelation, we both…

Romney, one of 7 GOP senators to vote to impeach Trump, booed at Utah GOP Convention: “A Stone Cold Loser”. — To be a Republican of Today Former GOP presidential nominee, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), was booed by Utah Republicans at the state Republican Convention this past Saturday. Video from the speech showed guests cheering and booing after Romney asked how they felt about President Biden’s actions in his first 100 days in office. …

Invest in your 20s to be a millionaire by your 60s I am a 22-year-old college student with over $21K accruing in a Roth IRA — to some, this may not seem like a lot of money, but considering I only opened the account a little over 3 years ago…

The salacious scandal that, sadly, isn’t surprising. — Gaetz-gate — as Gaetz himself indicated he would like his scandal to be presented as — commenced earlier in the month with reports that the Florida congressman may have had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl. The reports have since escalated into a sensational story that includes fraud, drugs…

Cariol Horne was fired after intervening in an incident where her white colleague held a black man in a chokehold. — Buffalo, NY former police officer, Cariol Horne, recently received justice after a 15-year fight to reverse her termination. Horne, then aged 53, was fired in 2006 after she attempted to prevent her colleague Gregory Kwiatkowski from continuing a chokehold on a suspect, Neal Mack. According to court correspondence, Horne removed…

Thank you for the piece! We are grieving as nation for Wright's family. The media loves to remind us that it is a small minority of cops that are "bad"; what they are forgetting is that one bad apple spoils the bunch! The distrust of police will take decades, maybe…

Simple yet powerful. Very reminiscent of "The Guy in the Glass" by Peter Wimbrow. This is a very much needed message with all that's happening today. Thank you for the refreshing read!