Category: Lifestyles
Healthiest & Most Livable Cities for Black Women
Greensboro, North Carolina, is the healthiest city for black women, while Washington, D.C., is the...
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Extending ‘Healthspan’ — Brain Scientists Tap Into Secrets of Living Well Longer
By Sharon Jayson AUSTIN, Texas — Retired state employees Vickey Benford, 63, and Joan Caldwell,...
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Parenting Your Parents When They Don’t Want Help
How adult children communicate with parents can go a long way toward easing tensions. Instead of telling your parent what to do, ask how they’d prefer to solve problems. Elicit their priorities and recognize their values when making suggestions.
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Effort to Control Opioids in an ER Leaves Some Sickle Cell Patients in Pain
By Sam Whitehead, WABE India Hardy has lived with pain since she was a toddler — ranging from dull...
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Kamala’s Black Girl Zeitgeist
A collection of black women formed a sister circle around the lone black woman Democratic...
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An All-Out Push for Kamala Harris
“Instead of throwing up our hands, let’s roll up our sleeves. We cannot ever, as a people, afford to sit back and think everything is going to be OK.” — Kamala Harris
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Barbara Hillary, 1st Black Woman to Visit North and South Poles, Dies at 88
Not one for boring trips with boring people, Barbara Hillary became hooked on adventure travel...
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Honoring Women in the Military
Women have been serving in the Armed Forces in a variety of capacities since before women were...
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Wriggling Around Law, Insurers Deny Coverage for Breastfeeding Help
Families are being forced to pay out-of-pocket for lactation consultants and related services. Is...
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Racial Bias in Algorithms Shortchanges Black Patients
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post A widely used algorithm that predicts which patients...
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Is That Bottled Water Really Better for You?
African Americans spend more on bottled water than any other group, but are we getting our money’s...
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Debate Takeaways: Impeachment, Health Care, Reproductive Rights, #BlackLivesMatter
By Nicki Mayo Black Women Unmuted From reproductive rights for women of color to a “say her name”...
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Fierce Voices
Sparing the Rod and
Saving Our Children
Stacey Patton provides a powerful, heart-breaking look at the link with white supremacy and why it's time to stop hitting our children, for their sake and the future of black families. Click here to read.
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