We know that the unjust policies within our health care system disproportionately impact low-income women of color.
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Teen Moms Win Too: Why I’m Glad I Had My Daughter at 15
Being a pregnant and/or parenting teen is a very thankless job.
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.
What We MUST Learn From the Murders of Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson
I know, with certainty, that my father would not murder me.
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.
Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased
Many in the black community have fought for reproductive justice — but we’re often left out of the story.
It’s Time to Rethink Black History Month
If my friends and I were lucky, sometimes we heard about George Washington Carver, who invented peanut butter, or the Tuskegee Airmen. But one thing was constant: The people we heard about were almost always male.
The Fight to Cover Georgia
Low-income families, people of color, and youth are disproportionately affected by the decision not to expand Medicaid.