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Black Girls Do Bike Is Picking Up Speed

May 5, 2016July 24, 2016Culture, Health

After not noticing many in real life or the media, bicyclist Monica Garrison of Pittsburgh started a Facebook group by that name in the summer of 2013.

[NATIONAL] The Lack of Health Literacy has Cascading Effect

April 19, 2016April 30, 2016Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Tribune

As public schools lose funding from debt-ridden state budgets, school administrators are being forced to cut “non-essentials,” meaning fewer teachers and more students in classes, all of which can have a negative effect on student achievement and competency in later grades — especially for disadvantaged students; many of whom will end up poorer and sicker throughout their adult life.