Layla A. Jones
Contributor at HuffPost
Former equity reporter @PhillyInquirer | past @bagehots at @columbiajourn; @billy_penn & @whyy; @PHLCouncil; @PhillyTrib
Articles
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2 months ago |
huffpost.com | Layla A. Jones
There’s a 23andMe spit collection kit sitting somewhere in my bedroom, unopened, unregistered and collecting dust. I spent $79 on the kit, hopeful to connect with long-lost relatives and uncover my African ancestry, which, like millions of Black Americans, was all but erased by the transatlantic slave trade. Any curiosity I had, though, was no match for my more powerful paranoia.
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Feb 8, 2025 |
phillytrib.com | Layla A. Jones
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research looks at what U.S. adults think about weight-loss drugs like Ozempic or Wegovy. (AP Video: Laura Bargfeld).
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Dec 5, 2024 |
dailyitem.com | Layla A. Jones
Dec. 4—Thousands of Philadelphia properties are improperly receiving tax relief, and could cost the city and its school district a combined $11.4 million each year, the City Controller's Office announced Wednesday.
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Dec 4, 2024 |
inquirer.com | Layla A. Jones
Thousands of Philadelphia properties are improperly receiving tax relief, and could cost the city and its school district a combined loss of $11.4 million each year, the City Controller’s Office announced Wednesday.
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Dec 2, 2024 |
inquirer.com | Layla A. Jones
A financial literacy program created out of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania will partner with Jay-Z’s Shawn Carter Foundation to bring a wealth-building curriculum to historically Black colleges and universities, including nearby Lincoln University. Wharton professor emeritus Keith Weigelt created Bridges to Wealth to address the nation’s intractable racial wealth gap on a local level.
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