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Shown is Pretty and Powerful organizer Felicia Anderson and Panelist Ashley Coen. Photo courtesy Jacksonville Free Press.

Pretty & Powerful Takes Girl Power to the Next Level Success and Fellowship

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California’s largest Medi-Cal transformation—California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal, or CalAIM—was designed to connect residents experiencing homelessness, trauma, and chronic illness directly to health care and social services. The statewide initiative allows healthcare providers to bill Medi-Cal for intensive, field-based care coordination, bringing doctors, social workers, and housing navigators directly to unsheltered residents where they live.

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The struggle for modern Black artists in hip-hop and R&B to sell out concert tours is influenced by high ticket prices, changing fan demographics, and increasing production costs. Credit: Gemini

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