May 16, 2023 The questioning began with the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, in which researchers withheld medicine from nearly 400 Black men without their knowledge, just to see what would happen, and 100 of them died of a treatable disease. Then there were questions like whether Big Pharma ... Continue Reading →
Autism: Nurturing, advocating for people who struggle to communicate or interact
April 18, 2023 There may not be a single cause of autism. There certainly isn’t a magic pill to cure it. Some children exhibit signs of the brain-related ailment by the age of 2; others are nearly adults before signs appear. Some children have very mild cases and may exhibit few symptoms; others ... Continue Reading →
They did overcome: Pioneer Black nurses as hospitals desegregated
March 21, 2023 The Hill-Burton Act embodied President Truman's determination to make hospital care available to all. The prime goal, to increase beds nationwide, was achieved in 1980. To get federal support, however, Hill-Burton required entities like Charlotte Memorial Hospital to desegregate all ... Continue Reading →
Physician-turned-author offers ways to eat more healthfully
March 14, 2023 Guys, when they reach their midlife, have a crisis and go out and buy a red car, right? Former New Yorker Monique May, a Temple Medical School-trained family practice doctor who was a resident at what is now Atrium Health in Charlotte, decided to go to culinary school, write what ... Continue Reading →
Listening to district voices for CMS Board of Education
Feb. 21, 2023 Four of the six District representatives on the CMS Board of Education participated this morning in a discussion at the Forum. The initial idea was to compare how the promises they made before November's election compared with their actions to date. The quick answer is that very ... Continue Reading →
Things lost, nothing forgotten: Mecklenburg’s Black schools
Tools for reading emotions, in others and yourself
Jan. 31, 2023 Note to young people: Sometimes your work life can spring right out of and build on your life experience. Mic Alexander's current situation is a case in point. Some life events that Alexander described this morning led her to ask, how did I overcome these issues and handle it all? ... Continue Reading →
Tracking West End’s dirty air to leverage positive change
Dec. 13, 2022 Bisected by major Charlotte thruways and their particulate-spewing vehicle tailpipes. Home to polluting industries. Neighbor to a gravel quarry. Unprotected by local government for generations from the health effects of the unrelenting environmental onslaught. Daisha Wall, ... Continue Reading →
Perspective | Charity is splendid, public education necessary
Dec. 2, 2022; republished Dec. 7 By Ferrel Guillory, EducationNC The civic holidays and religious holy days that span from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day turn Americans’ attention to people in need. A glossary of phrases signifies the season: Angel Tree, Advent Giving Tree, Toys for Tots, Coats ... Continue Reading →
NC Supreme Court decision in Leandro case
Nov. 4, 2022 The Nov. 8 election may make the decision moot in a matter of months, but for a day or more the N.C. Supreme Court has rejected objections to ordering the state to fund a previously agreed-to intervention to improve the educational opportunities in N.C. public schools throughout the ... Continue Reading →
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