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Congresswoman Cori Bush Shared Her Pregnancy Story—And It Highlights the Inequities of Birthing While Black Health 1 day ago © Provided by Health.com GettyI mages When Congresswoman Cori Bush was pregnant, she knew something was wrong. For the first four months of her pregnancy, she threw up constantly. She told her doctor about the severe pain she was experiencing, but her doctor brushed it off. One week later, she went into preterm labor. During her pregnancy with her second child, she...

Rep. Cori Bush Says Birthing People in Maternal Health Crisis Testimony, and Twitter Goes Nuts On 5/6/21 at 6:08 PM EDT Democratic Missouri Representative Cori Bush used the gender-inclusive term "birthing people" on Thursday while testifying before the Democratic Oversight Committee about Americas Black maternal health crisis. After she tweeted out a video of her testimony, the term "birthing people" immediately became the center of an embittered Twitter war over whether the gender-neutral ter...

Senate Television via AP Democrats have been making very bigoted comments against Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) since he delivered the response to Joe Biden’s address to Congress. He was called an “Uncle Tom” and the left even trended “Uncle Tim” on Twitter. Liberals like Joy Behar tried to lecture Scott, a black man, on what racism really is and the WaPo fact checker questioned Scott’s story about his ancestors. What set them off so? Scott dared to challenge the narrative, saying that Ame...

This column was originally published in Not Shutting Up, a newsletter about the issues facing journalism and democracy. Sign up for it here. In recent months, the city and state of New York have moved to decriminalize prostitution. State lawmakers repealed a law that made “loitering” to sell sex a crime. District attorneys in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens announced that while they would continue to prosecute pimps, sex traffickers and “johns” who pay for sex, they would be referring me...

10 Black climate leaders fighting for environmental and racial justice This Earth Day, were celebrating just a few #BlackandGreen leaders whove made a mark on the climate movement. (L-R) Environmental activists Leah Thomas and Rue Mapp; and EPA Administrator Michael Regan (Photo: Contrary to what we see in the mainstream, the climate movement is not predominantly white. Though a failure to tell a full history and a lack of racial representation within the organizational sphere, p...

, an independent media group that engages in investigative journalism, political analysis, and Delaware-focused commentary. Birthing a child is a scary thing. There are risks of injury, anxiety, depression, and death before, during, and after the birth event. The United States has the worst maternal mortality rate of developed countries in the world, and a driving reason is the substandard treatment and care for Black mothers. Our society works hard to limit Black potential across all layers,...

From Wrongful Arrest to Anti-Prison Activist: Bryonn Bain’s Road to ‘Lyrics From Lockdown’ From Wrongful Arrest to Anti-Prison Activist: Bryonn Bain’s Road to ‘Lyrics From Lockdown’ courtesy of / Bryonn Bain Content warning: This article contains use of the N-word. Monday, November 25. Dawn. Bryonn Bain is one of several inmates chained together to board a bus to Rikers Island. Once on the bus, the men, rolling 12-deep, are told that they will be heading to a new location, Vernon ...

VCU Students Earn Finalist Honor in NPR Competition The circle around the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue, dubbed Marcus-David Peters Circle, became a gathering place for protesters all summer. The New York Times would later recognized it - with graffiti - as the most influential work of protest art. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News) When NPR announced the 10 finalists for their annual Student Podcast Competition, Joshua Gordon, a junior studying political science, said he was surprise...

Open Mind Health Launches Innovative and Customized Wellness Tracks, Significantly Raising the Quality Bar in Mental Telehealth News provided by Share this article OMH launches the first mental telehealth practice utilizing personalized and holistic wellness tracks.  The company was founded by Dr. Craig Beach, a clinical and forensic psychiatrist who, over 20 years, has accumulated a wealth of experience identifying mental wellness approaches that work.  As Dr. Beach states, "Mental health...

Date Time Rural-urban divide compounds racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths, study finds CORVALLIS, Ore. – While Black, Hispanic, Latino, Indigenous, Asian and Pacific Islander people are more likely to die of COVID-19 than white people nationwide, a recent study from Oregon State University found the risk was even greater for racial and ethnic minority groups living in rural areas compared with urban areas. To address the disparities, researchers say the health care response to COVID-19, in...