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Experts say the lack of Black doctors is "a matter of life and death." Yet anti-DEI laws threaten to make the shortage of Black MDs even worse.

Anti-DEI Laws Could Make the Black Doctor Shortage Even Worse

by Jennifer Porter Gore July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

To prevent drownings, groups are teaching Black children to swim, giving them a lifelong skill that keeps them safe around water.

As Drownings Rise, Groups Teach Black People to Swim, Not Sink

by Jennifer Porter Gore June 14, 2024June 14, 2024

President Joe Biden leaves the Gunsense event, a gathering of like-minded advocates pushing for expanded gun safety laws.

As Black Gun Deaths Rise, Biden Says Congress Must Act

by Jennifer Porter Gore June 12, 2024June 12, 2024

The deaths of despair theory reached the national agenda 2015 when two Princeton University economists argued that poor mental health, stemming from lack of economic opportunities, was behind rising premature mortality rates among less-educated whites.

As White ‘Deaths of Despair’ Made News, Black Ones Skyrocketed

by Jennifer Porter Gore June 10, 2024June 10, 2024

Apps like Irth and Poppy Seed Health, both of which are designed to help Black pregnant women, can help reverse the disproportionately high Black maternal death rate.

Mothers of Invention: Black Women Using Tech in Maternal Health

by Jennifer Porter Gore June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

Essential workers got paid sick leave during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the loss of that benefit is a public health risk.

In Low-Wage Jobs, Working While Black Means Showing Up Sick

by Jennifer Porter Gore May 28, 2024June 3, 2024

Homicides involving guns is more often seen as an urban problem. But data shows Black youths in rural America are facing the same kind of threat from guns as their urban peers.

Guns Are Killing Young Black People in Rural America, Too

by Jennifer Porter Gore May 22, 2024May 22, 2024