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San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria becomes president of U.S. Conference of Mayors

With a voter approval rate that has remained over 90% since election night, Measure H, Sharp HealthCare’s 30-year lease of Tri-City Medical Center, appears certain to pass. But how this partnership will turn out, well, that’s less certain, especially given the massive changes underway in health care nationwide. The immediate future is clear. If the partnership with Tri-City closes at the end of the month, as anticipated, Sharp will begin investing $100 million in the Oceanside public hospital district. Chris Howard, Sharp’s chief executive officer, said this week that a range of actions will need to unfold in the coming […]

Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir is an associate professor and antimicrobial researcher at UC San Diego in the School of Pharmacy and the Division of the Black Diaspora and African American studies, and clinic director of the UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy + County of San Diego HHSA Pharmacist-Led Community Health and Wellness Clinics

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First Lady Michelle Obama affirms that “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half its citizens.” Early in our history, ideas and debates about the abolition of slavery spread and burst into flame in the 19th century. Women who battled to eradicate slavery include Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Catherine Coffin, and Harriet Jacobs. I urge you to learn about their brave lives and contributions. Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe’s most famous book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, published in 1852, shone a searing light on […]

Imani Camara is a community organizer, photographer and artist, and curator of “Onyx: A Black Artist Exhibition” opening June 19 at Brokers Gallery in San Diego

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From the Archives heads today to the San Diego Zoo for this photo, circa 1960, of kids and adults checking out a goat standing on a tortoise. Or is the goat checking out the humans? The San Diego Union-Tribune historical photos are provided by the San Diego History Center. To browse additional materials visit https://collections.sandiegohistory.org/.

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