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By Jasmine Browley ·Updated August 10, 2022
In 2020, Black business ownership dropped by more than 40%, the most significant decrease across any racial group. This is largely because Black-owned businesses were ill-equipped to navigate mandated long-term closures due to a lack of access to cash reserves.
Nearly three years later, echoes of that dark period are ringing louder with the recent declaration that monkeypox is now classified as
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