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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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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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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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Jessye Norman: Farewell to a Down-to-Earth Diva
Jessye Norman would be thrilled by the four-day celebration of her life in Augusta, Georgia, the...
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Madame Mayor: Myneca Ojo’s Journey — Hitting the Links to Running Town
By Denise Clay For Black Women Unmuted HANOVER BOROUGH, Pa. — On Saturdays, almost everyone in...
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Lessons From Oprah’s Bout With Pneumonia
— It took pneumonia for Oprah Winfrey to put on the brakes and change the way she looks at...
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Fierce Voices
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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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