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Cal Attorney General Wants FDA Standards for Menthol Cigarettes Finalized
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Cal Attorney General Wants FDA Standards for Menthol Cigarettes Finalized

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaAugust 25, 2022

Last year, a version of the ordinance that exempted menthol cigarettes was opposed by Black council members Mark Ridley-Thomas, Marqueece Harris Dawson and Curren Price. They argued that studies have found Black Americans are the racial/ethnic group most likely to use menthol cigarettes and are 25 times more likely than White Americans to do so.

Monkeypox Health Crisis: How California is Responding
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Monkeypox Health Crisis: How California is Responding

Tanu Henry, California Black MediaAugust 11, 2022

As the monkeypox virus outbreak spreads across the globe, Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will need to galvanize “forces” across regions and relax some state regulations and statutes to combat a disease that poses a threat greater than local authorities may be able to respond to effectively.

Wealth gap costs over last two decades: $2.7 trillion in Black income, $16 trillion to U.S. economy
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Wealth gap costs over last two decades: $2.7 trillion in Black income, $16 trillion to U.S. economy

Charlene Crowell, Senior Fellow with the Center for Responsible LendingOctober 8, 2020

“Yet even today, with all those credentials and as one of the leading executives on Wall Street,” wrote Raymond J. McGuire, Citi’s Vice Chairman and Chair of its Global Banking and Capital Markets, “I am still seen first as a six-foot-four, two-hundred-pound Black man wherever I go — even in my own neighborhood. I could have been George Floyd. And my wife and I are constantly aware that our children could have their innocence snatched away from them at any given moment, simply for the perceived threat of their skin color.”

102 House Members Rebuke Delay of Payday Loan Rule Waters Led Effort Supported by Many CBC Members
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102 House Members Rebuke Delay of Payday Loan Rule Waters Led Effort Supported by Many CBC Members

Charlene CrowellSeptember 5, 2019

Anyone who struggles with the rising costs of living knows all too well how hard it is to try stretching dollars when there’s more month than money in the household. Predatory lending, like payday and car-title loans, worsen financial stress with triple-digit interest rates that deepen the debt owed with each renewal.   

A Self-Care Day for Caregivers
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A Self-Care Day for Caregivers

Shannen Hill, Contributing WriterJuly 18, 2019

Arosa acquired LivHOME eight months ago and with Arosa came the CEO Ari Medoff, who has worked in the caregiver industry for nearly seven years. Throughout out his career, he has seen how caregivers are overlooked and underappreciated. With Arosa, a company he started in North Carolina in 2012, his mission from the beginning was to attract, train, retain, and treasure his caregivers and he is bringing that same energy to Los Angeles with Arosa+LivHOME.