In 2024, Amazon sold approximately 308 million print books, reflecting a 2.4% increase from the previous year. Reminder: Support your local bookshops! harriettsbookshop.com

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A new pilot program in Los Angeles County will cancel medical debt for over 150,000 people. This program will begin by eliminating $500 million in debt using just $5 million. The county ultimately aims to cancel $2 billion in medical debt for residents. abc7.com/post/los-angel…

How Black Communities Are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change | Capital B Despite impending threats, activists are driving bold, innovative solutions capitalbnews.org/environmental-…

Mitt Romney: Voice of reason - 48 hours before a government shutdown. 😱🤷🏾😳

Merry Christmas!🎄 #48HrsTilShutdown

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid. trib.al/5M33Vov

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott reveals another $2 billion in donations in 2024 apnews.com/article/macken…

Elections (& tariffs) have consequences. 📢 🗣️😱🆘☠️👎🏽😳📢🗣️🆘☠️📢🗣️🆘

Starting on January 1, out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare will be capped at $2,000 a year. This is going to give lots of folks breathing room, and will make a difference in their lives! Thank you, President Joe Biden!!

CBC Roundup: "Sister Senators"- Senators-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks! dailykos.com/stories/2024/1…

Fed govt is the country’s largest employer w/ > 2M employees from every state & territory, incl'g a higher percentage of Black ppl than the civilian workforce. Any attack on the fed workforce is an attack on Black jobs. Read LDF's report for more info: tminstituteldf.org/what-project-2…

Hallelujah! from 'Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration' (1992) A whole musical history lesson in the folk who appear on the song and the video.

"Biden is one of our greatest presidents — smears won’t tarnish his legacy" (TheHillOpinion) trib.al/2VZ1j6p

As we head into 2025, my The New York Times bestseller LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine 🩺 matters more now than ever before, especially with the DEI and health equity backlash. ucheblackstock.com

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