By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media (CBM) – Five percent of the 225,231 Californians who lost their Medi-Cal coverage in June were African American. According to numbers from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), around 14,000 Black Californians lost health insurance with the states safety net health care exchange because they didnt … Read more
Bodybuilders of color are a dominating force in the professional bodybuilding circuit. However, this was not always the case. Black bodybuilders emerged from diverse backgrounds and rewrote the narrative to enter the upper echelons of pro bodybuilding. In the face of historical prejudice and limited opportunities, these trailblazers not only made a mark in the … Read more
Sign up for Chalkbeats free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. When a friend asked Yanie to speak at a forum on youth mental health last summer, she politely declined. The 17-year-old didnt doubt the urgency of the issue, especially for her peer group. More than half of … Read more