We know that the unjust policies within our health care system disproportionately impact low-income women of color.
News Posted in Health
Stress Kills: Economic Insecurity and Black Women’s Maternal Health Outcomes
Economic inequality and injustice can affect the human body and lead to negative health outcomes.
Exam Rooms and Bedrooms: Navigating Queer Sexual Health
I kept emphasizing that I have sex with women, and she kept not answering my questions, dodging them, and responding without directly taking on what I asked her.
Love Thy Self Fiercely: How Self-Love Makes for Better Health Care
Two years ago, one of my close friends recommended that I read bell hooks’ All About Love, and it literally changed my life.
Chronic Pain, and the Denial of Care for Black Women
While lupus is a notoriously difficult diagnosis, there is quite a bit of evidence that women are generally taken less seriously, and even treated with suspicion, when they show up in the emergency room with pain as a primary symptom.
The Fight to Cover Georgia
Low-income families, people of color, and youth are disproportionately affected by the decision not to expand Medicaid.
Improving health equity in Georgia
Expanding Medicaid to more Georgians at or near the poverty line is not just the right thing to do – it’s what our state and the rest of the deep south wants to do.
What YOU Need to Know About Emergency Contraception
EBONY.com contributor Dr. Aletha Maybankon explains how Plan B One-Step®, available for $50 on average, actually works to prevent pregnancy.
Scars as Stories: Breast Cancer in the Black Community
We’ve allowed our fear and the stigma associated with illness and poverty to silence our stories, and that silence is literally killing us.
The Politics of Fat and Emergency Contraceptives
Women of color are less likely to have access to appropriate emergency contraceptives.