If you’re reading this, stop, and give your mother a hug.
There’s no doubt that Black mothers are the backbone of Black America, and this has never been more evident than during the pandemic. Changes to work, school, and life, in general, have forced Black mothers to adapt quickly, as they have had to bear the brunt of adjustments forced on the household. The daily grind has become normal, but I sometimes wonder at what cost.
I have two biological siblings and three adopted siblings, but I never felt as if I had one-sixth of my mother’s attention. The sacrifices she made to ensure that we were whole were never beyond me. My fondest memories growing up were sneaking out of my room to overhear the conversations between my mother and her friends. They would discuss work, home life, and the different stressors in their lives.
In Our View: Transparent hospital billing helps patients The Columbian
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According to a 2019 study in the American Journal of Public Health, two-thirds of individual bankruptcy filings in the United States are tied to medical expenses either because of the cost or lost work time.
Now, Washington has joined the federal government in trying to provide stability for consumers and increase transparency in how hospitals determine billing. The efforts are just one facet of a necessary overhaul to American health care.
Gov. Jay Inslee has signed House Bill 1272, which passed the Legislature this year and will require hospitals in Washington to provide clarity about their finances. The bill passed mostly along partisan lines, with all Democratic lawmakers from Southwest Washington voting in favor and all Republicans opposed.
DUBLIN â The police department is now offering free trigger locks to all local owners of firearms.
The city rolled out the free trigger-lock program in early April; to date, the police department has given away 35 gun locks. The locks were paid for with city funds and a donation from the National Shooting Sports Foundationâs Project Child Safe.
âIt s been very successful so far,â said Sgt. Nate Schmidt, public information officer for the Dublin Police Department. âWe bought about 200 to start and will keep moving forward with the program. I think it is an important one.â
The program is an extension of Dublinâs new gun safety regulations, which the city council unanimously adopted in December. The ordinance requires all local gun owners to store their firearms in a locked container or to secure them with a trigger lock. The provision aims to prevent the unintentional or intentional injury and death of minors, while helping to stop gun suicides and
My last indoor dining experience of 2020 was in early March. I had crispy roast duck, watercress and assorted dumplings at Wu’s Wonton King, at the junction of Chinatown and the historic Jewish Lower East Side. Located at the foot of the Forward Building, Wu’s occupies the site of the old Garden Cafeteria, what used to be the center of New York Jewish intellectual life. Where tanks of jostling Alaskan king crabs are found today, Forward writers and Yiddish literati once kibitzed over kreplach and kugel.
Wu’s wasn’t a random dinner choice. The day before, I heard Wellington Chen, executive director of Chinatown Partnership, and James Beard Award-Winning chef Grace Young on public radio, urging New Yorkers to eat and shop in Chinatown. Chinatown was New York’s first coronavirus victim even before the first diagnosis. News of the virus from Wuhan spurred many Chinese immigrants to start social-distancing early. skipping their Lunar New Year family banquets.