Sunday Notes: Karen Bass, Education, Real Estate Appraisals & the Air Movie
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Culture: The New Mayor of Los Angeles
The New Yorker - Culture by Emily Witt
Karen Bass on combatting homelessness, reforming the police department, and building a greener city.
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A Landlord Got a Low Appraisal. He Is Black, and So Are His Tenants.
The landlord says an appraiser, who is white, used unfair comparisons to assess the worth of his apartment building.
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Education: More Young Americans Choosing to Skip College
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It’s Not Just Silicon Valley Bank — Americans Haven’t Trusted Banks For Years
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Parliament-Funkadelic singer Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins dies at 81
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Ben Affleck’s ‘Air’ Rocks SXSW, Receives Long Standing Ovation
Affleck’s film about the creation of the Air Jordan sneaker went down like gangbusters at its premiere in Austin, Texas.
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Finance: UBS Agrees to Buy Rival Credit Suisse
Swiss banking giant UBS will buy its smaller rival Credit Suisse, in a deal arranged by the Swiss government.
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Never forget: Credit Suisse had a Black CEO
Everytime Credit Suisse is in the news I remember they had a Black CEO who was turning the company around but the idea of a Black guy running a Swiss bank was so abhorrent they pushed him out.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) March 19, 2023
So the company fell back into its old ways and is about to failhttps://t.co/FO7PZbndlt
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