Racial gaps in gun violence against kids increased during COVID
Black children were 100x more likely than white children to experience firearm assault injuries in the first 21 months of the COVID pandemic.
How young people of color can handle racial stressors
For many Black youth, contemporary life in the US involves a regular barrage of racial stressors. Here’s why that’s important to attend to.
How young people of color can handle racial stressors
For many Black youth, contemporary life in the US involves a regular barrage of racial stressors. Here’s why that’s important to attend to.
Medicaid expansion narrowed racial gaps in hospitalizations
Expanding Medicaid eligibility reduced Black-white disparities in preventable hospitalizations and ER visits by 10% or more, a new study shows.
Criminal justice algorithms still discriminate
Proponents of algorithms as a solution to bias in criminal justice systems say they’re dispassionate. “But algorithms can discriminate.”
Racism boosts Black women’s heart disease risk
Black women who perceive racism at work, in housing, or with the police have a 26% higher risk of coronary heart disease than those who don’t.
Racism boosts Black women’s heart disease risk
Black women who perceive racism at work, in housing, or with the police have a 26% higher risk of coronary heart disease than those who don’t.
Gene variant tied to African ancestry ups Alzheimer’s risk
A genetic risk factor found almost exclusively in people of at least partial African ancestry boosts risk of Alzheimer’s disease—but only sometimes.
Gene variant tied to African ancestry ups Alzheimer’s risk
A genetic risk factor found almost exclusively in people of at least partial African ancestry boosts risk of Alzheimer’s disease—but only sometimes.
Key Black cinema history has been overlooked
In this podcast episode, Jacqueline Stewart breaks down some of the overlooked history of Black cinema stretching back to the early 1900s.