While institutions across the continuum of medical education have long vowed to create a physician workforce that is more representative of the nation’s population of patients, results have been underwhelming. For example, a 2019 study published in JAMA Network Open found that “from 2002 to 2017, numbers and…
The day commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. has become a new national holiday — but a number of Connecticut companies have been celebrating it for years.President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday afternoon a bill making Juneteenth, or June 19, the 12th federal holiday, after…
There will be no rosé and no yachts, but the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity kicks off virtually on Monday. After last year’s festival, typically held in the South of France, was cancelled due to the pandemic, Cannes will be awarding honorees from 2020 and 2021 virtually this…
“There is more work to do to make our city safer, healthier, and more affordable for everyone” Burnaby NOW will be publishing candidate Q&As for each candidate leading up to the City of Burnaby byelection scheduled for June 26, 2021. The answers provided have not been altered or changed. Baljinder Narang says more…
If you want to buy Dad something different for Father’s Day, boy we have a list for you! The website SimplyCodes.com looked at the Father’s Day gifts people are searching for this year and came up with the one each state is buying more than other states.A few…
A coalition of Alabama organizations called Communities Not Prisons is celebrating the collapse of a plan proposed by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) to increase the state’s prison capacity by working with private prison companies to build three new facilities in the state and leasing them for 30 years.…
How intense is the battle between the states for business and jobs?Even a global pandemic, a wrenching economic downturn, and a year of social upheaval could not slow it down. If anything, the competition has grown. And it has taken on multiple new dimensions, from the rise of…
Outside Bend City Hall.Ericka Cruz Guevarra / OPBThe City of Bend is emerging from pandemic cutbacks on solid financial footing, padded by increased property values, the revival of tourism and millions in federal aid, according to city leaders.On Wednesday, the City Council adopted a budget that ends a…
Official In The Know digital covers, starring Mj Rodriguez and Chella Man, photography by Shaniqwa … [+] Jarvis Photo By: Shaniqwa Jarvis Award-winning journalist Elaine Welteroth is no stranger to shining a spotlight on changemakers, amplifying voices of marginalized communities, and starting conversations that create a ripple effect.…
Tracey Beck and his two daughters stood in the heat of a June afternoon. Like many of those gathered around the downtown market square, they donned their masks and stayed physically distant from others while taking part in a peaceful Black Lives Matter rally in Lake Forest, Illinois.…
