Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ended the government’s recommendation that children and healthy pregnant women get vaccinated for COVID-19, despite clear evidence of the harm it would do to millions, especially the Black community.
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Posted inEnvironmental Justice
Disaster Aid Was Already Unequal. Will Changes at FEMA Make Things Worse?
FEMA’s door-to-door canvassing program, which was crucial in reaching vulnerable communities, is being discontinued by the Trump Administration, leaving Black people and other people of color at a greater disadvantage in accessing disaster aid.
Posted inWord In Black
The Strategic Resistance: Why Black America Is Playing the Long Game
Black Americans are employing a rope-a-dope strategy in response to the current political climate, using strategic protest, economic power, legal challenges, media platforms, and the Black church to build their resistance movement.
Posted inMental Health
Is Travel Really a Balm for Racism?
A Black queer woman left the US to escape the terror and grief caused by wildfires, the Trump administration’s assault on Black America, and the stripping of LGBTQ+ rights, and found hope and inspiration in the UK and Europe.
Posted inHealth
The Truth About Black America’s HIV Crisis
Black Americans make up 37% of new HIV diagnoses, with Black youth and Black women being disproportionately affected, and only 22% of PrEP users are in the South, where HIV rates are highest.
Posted inMental Health
The Neurodivergent Community: 1 in 5 People and Growing
Neurodivergence is a fairly recent term. Introduced to the world by Australian sociologist Judy Singer in 1998 to describe people whose brains work differently from established neurotypical norms. In 2020, […]
Posted inWord In Black
Black Health Disparities: Still a Thing
Black Americans are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, accidents, and COVID-19 due to social determinants of health, including economic stability, education, healthcare, neighborhoods, and social context.
Posted inHealth
It’s Not Just You: Sugar Is Addictive
Sugar addiction is a real and harmful phenomenon, with Black Americans consuming nearly 80 grams of added sugar daily, and the food industry is complicit in creating this addiction by hiding sugar in everyday foods.
Posted inHealth
Are Psychedelics a Fix for Racial PTSD?
by Joseph Williams Originally appeared in Word in Black If you’ve ever suffered from the insidious effects of racism — depression, headaches, insomnia, anxiety — Dr. Monnica T. Williams would like to take you […]
Posted inThis Week
ADHD & the Black Community
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 17 million Americans of all ages, races, and gender. Many think it’s strictly a problem for kids and young adults, but it affects adults too. […]