August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 Los Angeles midwives aim to end racial disparities at birth | Aljazeera America A movement of black midwives is working to stem the rates of African-American babies dying for preventable reasons. African American Health, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 Discounting Black Children: How the Racially Skewed Economics of Adoption Devalue Black Lives | Atlanta Black Star It’s a menu unlike any other. Or, paradoxically, it’s a menu too much like any other, where economics determines the value of the listed commodities. Adoption, African American Families, African American Health, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Foster Care as Punishment: The New Reality of ‘Jane Crow’ | The New York Times Maisha Joefield thought she was getting by pretty well as a young single mother in Brooklyn, splurging on her daughter, Deja, even though money was tight. African American Families, African American Health, African American News, Foster Care, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
July 18, 2017 Tuskegee Syphilis Study Descendants Ask Judge To Give Them, Not Museum, Remaining Settlement Funds | Atlanta Black Star BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Descendants of hundreds of black men who were left untreated for syphilis during an infamous government study want a judge to give them any money remaining from a $9 million legal settlement over the program. African American Health, African American History, African American News, Black History, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
July 16, 2017 Stress And Poverty May Explain High Rates Of Dementia In African-Americans | NPR Harsh life experiences appear to leave African-Americans vulnerable to Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, researchers reported Sunday at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in London. African American Health, African American News, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
May 12, 2017May 13, 2017 ‘Shark Tank’ Investor Daymond John Shares Successful Battle Against Thyroid Cancer – Atlanta Black Star Daymond John, an investor in the ABC series, “Shark Tank” is going public with his thyroid cancer diagnosis that he had treated. African American Health, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
May 3, 2017 Black Americans living longer, but racial gap remains, CDC says – New York Amsterdam News When it comes to the overall health of black Americans, there's good news and bad news, according to a report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. African American Health, African American News, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
April 24, 2017 For the Henrietta Lacks Family, It’s a Matter of Who Gets to Tell Their Story – The Root Who can tell your family’s story? That’s one of the key issues the book and now HBO film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, raises. It’s one that Henrietta Lacks’ son Lawrence and his son, Ron, have been asking for some time now. African American Health, African American History, African American News, Black History, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
March 7, 2017 Worse Than Tuskegee – Slate Seventy years ago, American researchers infected Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea, then left without treating them. Their families are still waiting for help. African American Health, African American History, Black History, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine
March 2, 2017 Nervous system birth defects 20 times likelier for Zika-hit mothers, study finds – The Guardian The Centers for Disease Control has found central nervous system issues, such as microcephaly, occur in 60 per 1,000 pregnancies for virus-infected mothers African American Health, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine, Zika
