In our culture and in our politics, generalizations about teenage sexuality, pregnancy, and parenting are too often used to reinforce a negative narrative and to score points.
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Echoing Ida Dispels Myths and Gets Real About Health Care Reform
We are writing from and to our own communities: because we deserve to know the truth about our own health disparities.
Beyond Benefits and Body Parts: Obamacare and Black Trans Health
Whether trying to get a basic doctor’s visit, mental health services, or HIV/AIDS related care, Black trans* people have an uphill and often dangerous battle.
Where the Safety Net Won’t Catch Us: How Obamacare Fails Black Women on Maternal Health
Black women—regardless of their income or education levels—are more likely than their white counterparts to experience poor pregnancy outcomes.
One of New York’s 2.7 Million Uninsured Asks: Will I Finally Be Able to Afford Health Insurance?
Those of us who are uninsured aren’t ignoring our health—we’re making the best of what’s available.
Appropriate Cultural Appreciation
It’s an ongoing problem, but what do we do about it?
An Abortion Story Both Radical and Ordinary
“From my perspective, what is amazing about this story is that the abortion is not the beginning or end of the story—the way we usually tell abortion stories.”
Women’s Equality Day 2013: Celebrating the nostalgia of past successes while remaining rooted in the dangers of the future
I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that Black women did not have access to the vote until our gender caught up with our race with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Fannie Lou Hamer and Her Dream for Jobs and Freedom
Fannie Lou Hamer’s legacy continues through a number of Black women farmers and Black women farmer-owned cooperatives across the rural South.
A Word on Allyship…or Lack Thereof
What exactly does a “good ally” look like?