As School Season Begins, Trump Calls for a Revised Vaccine Schedule
President Donald Trump on Monday revived his attempt to change the nation’s approach to childhood vaccines by signing an executive order that would upend the routine schedule of jabs children…
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First Deaths from Cyclospora Reported
On Monday, federal and state public health officials announced the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. tied to the nationwide outbreak of cyclosporiasis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “is aware of two cyclosporiasis-related…
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Education
Toxic Legacy: How Lead in Schools Is Silently Harming Black Kids
Lead-contaminated infrastructure remains an unspoken crisis in many predominantly Black school districts — undermining students’ health and academic success.
Video
‘Breaking the Silence’: How Black Women Can Fight Breast Cancer
Despite medical advances, Black women remain more likely to die from breast cancer, with fear, delayed screening, and systemic inequities driving disparities—experts say informed patients, earlier detection, and accountability across healthcare systems are key to saving lives.
Money
EVENT: The Action Plan to Get Black Women Back to Work
It’s been a year since economic reports started to reveal that as many as 600,000 Black women – many of them highly educated professionals – are out of work. So what now? Join a virtual…
ReligIon
Divorce Means Grieving. Why Doesn’t the Church Act Like It?
Pastor Derren Thompson believes churches already possess the spiritual tools to help people through divorce. The challenge, he says, is recognizing marital breakdown as complicated grief instead of an uncomfortable subject to avoid.
Climate
I Grew Up Gasping for Air. Now I Fight the EPA’s Rollbacks
Dakota Gant wanted to sing opera. Air pollution turned her into an activist fighting the rollback of climate protections.
