Black Women and the Economy

Black Women and the Economy

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 583 , Segment 3

Episode: Opioid Crisis, Textbook Price, Black Women and the Economy

  • Jun 28, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 16:14 mins

Guest: Chandra Childers, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, previously a Professor of Sociology at Texas Tech University and University of Washington Black women are more likely to vote than any other minority group, the number of businesses they own nearly tripled in ten years, and they’ve made huge gains in attaining higher education. Yet, black women in the US are underrepresented in government, they make less money than most other groups, and they’re more likely to live in poverty than any other race, ethnicity or gender. Why haven’t the achievements of black women translated into more financial and political success?

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Taking the Opioid Crisis to Court

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Guest: Jim Ruble, JD, Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah  The opioid abuse crisis has taken a new legal turn. For years, we’ve seen prosecutors and the families of overdose victims going after doctors who prescribed the opiate painkillers. Now we’re seeing a number of cities and states trying to pin wrongdoing on the manufacturers and distributors of drugs, including OxyContin and Percocet. The most high-profile is a lawsuit filed recently by the state of Ohio, arguing five drug makers knowingly misled doctors and patients about the risk of opioids. There are also pending lawsuits against pharmacies, including Walgreens and Walmart, for failing to keep a proper eye on just how much of these prescription pain killers were flowing into a community.

Guest: Jim Ruble, JD, Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah  The opioid abuse crisis has taken a new legal turn. For years, we’ve seen prosecutors and the families of overdose victims going after doctors who prescribed the opiate painkillers. Now we’re seeing a number of cities and states trying to pin wrongdoing on the manufacturers and distributors of drugs, including OxyContin and Percocet. The most high-profile is a lawsuit filed recently by the state of Ohio, arguing five drug makers knowingly misled doctors and patients about the risk of opioids. There are also pending lawsuits against pharmacies, including Walgreens and Walmart, for failing to keep a proper eye on just how much of these prescription pain killers were flowing into a community.