By Alexa Spencer Originally appeared in Word in Black “Why can’t you save my son?” Xaviera “Zay” Bell questioned every doctor at the University of North Carolina’s maternal ward the […]
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Fed Up Black Moms Take on the School to Prison Pipeline
By Aziah Siid Originally appeared in Word in Black We live in a nation where a Black high school student in Texas got suspended from school last fall because of the length […]
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Is Helping Black Moms Out Financially Unconstitutional?
By Alexa Spencer Originally appeared in Word in Black A nonprofit and a law firm filed a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco and the state of California over […]
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Seen But Not Heard: Black Moms Say Docs Ignore Their Needs
About one in five mothers with children younger than 18 reported mistreatment during pregnancy and delivery care, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
