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Medicalized Birth and the Attack on Black Motherhood
One midwife organization is taking on the medical industry to bring their services back to the Black mothers who need them.
Read MoreBlack and Hispanic people in Chicago exposed to gun violence at ‘significantly and persistently higher rate,’ report says
A recent study supports previous findings that Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely to experience gun violence than other Americans.
Read MoreGrace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86
Distinguished mezzo-soprano opera singer Grace Bumbry has passed after her health deteriorated in recent weeks.
Read MoreBlack Americans say white vigilantism played a role in Jordan Neely’s homicide
“It reignites the terror in the souls of Black folks when we witness these killings of our people without trial, without jury, without adjudication,” one psychologist said.
Read MoreNetflix’s Prequel, Queen Charlotte, Is Bridgerton at Its Blackest (review)
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is a one-sitting binge that uses its Regency-era setting to make modern commentary on the individuality, agency and respect of women.
Read MoreBlack Tech Twitter, trans users and more marginalized groups flock to Bluesky
As Twitter becomes more inhospitable to marginalized communities, they hope to shape Bluesky’s culture early — with their voices at the center.
Read MoreCalifornia prisoner who swallowed a staple ends hunger strike to protest jail conditions
Jazz Svarda began a hunger strike at the Santa Rita Jail after swallowing a staple he believes was intentionally placed in his food.
Read MoreHoward University picks African diaspora scholar as next president
Ben Vinson III, currently the provost at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, will take over as president on Sept. 1.
Read MoreStates where abortion is legal, banned, or under threat
After the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, states are deciding themselves whether or not to allow legal access to abortion. Abortion bans disproportionately affect women of color.
Read MoreDA will not charge ex-Memphis police officer involved in Tyre Nichols stop
No criminal charges will be brought against a Memphis police officer who was fired for his involvement in the traffic stop that led to the death of Tyre Nichols. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was brutally assaulted after he was pulled over Jan. 7 for alleged reckless driving and died three days later.
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