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Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — February 10, 2023

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Urban League Leaders: Unjustified killing of Anthony Lowe underscores the urgency of transforming police culture and accountability

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES (February 3, 2023) – Urban League leaders today said the cold blooded killing of a disabled man as he tried to flee police reveals an almost delusional mindset on  the part of the Huntington Park officers who shot him, underscoring the urgency of transforming  police culture and accountability.  “Absolutely no

Biden highlights police reform agenda in State of the Union Address

By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor In the first fully in-person State of the Union address since the COVID-19 epidemic began, President Joe Biden didn’t mince words or shy away from hard topics. Biden placed the issue of police reform and alternatives to police intervention squarely on the American agenda during his Feb. 7 address.  Biden’s

Op-ed: Community Invited to Engage with Researchers to Overcome Disparities in Kidney Disease and Transplantation

By Krista Lentine and Deryl Cunningham Long overdue, the medical community increasingly is turning its attention toward understanding and addressing racial and ethnic health disparities. We – a physician and a patient – write to shed light on kidney disease, an area where racially based health disparities are stark and where more research is needed

The City of Baltimore Reaches Conduit Agreement with Baltimore Gas & Electric

BALTIMORE, MD. (Tuesday, February 7, 2023) – The City of Baltimore has reached an agreement with Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) for the next iteration of BGE’s conduit occupancy agreement. The City’s 700-mile conduit system is an underground network of critical electric and fiber-optic cables that powers a majority of the city. The agreement would

House introduces bill establishing a service year program – one of Moore’s priorities

By KARA THOMPSON, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Gov. Wes Moore’s plan for a year of service for the state’s youth began to take shape this week with the introduction of a bill to establish and fund the program. HB 546, the Serving Every Region Through Vocational Exploration Act of 2023, was introduced Thursday.