Warning: The 2024 Presidential Race Is Hazardous to Your Mental Health
Former President Donald Trump's racist rhetoric against Vice President Kamala Harris has sparked a wave of microaggressions against Black people, leading to increased stress, depression, and physical illness.
Deconstruction Zones: Campus Racial Healing Program Expands
The American Association of Colleges and Universities has expanded its Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation program to seven colleges, providing safe spaces for open dialogue, healing circles, and exploring ways to move past racial division.
Meet The Black Teenager Fighting Cancer —With Soap He Invented
Heman Bekele, a rising 10th grader, won the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge and TIME magazine's 2024 Kid of the Year for his invention of a compound-based soap to treat skin cancer, which he hopes to distribute to communities in need.
Tables Turned: Why Black Male IPV Victims Don’t Speak Up
The issue of intimate partner violence, particularly when women are the perpetrators, has become more common due to increasing awareness and female empowerment, but it remains underreported and often met with disbelief and shame.
Heat-Related Deaths Spiked 117% In The U.S. Since 1999
A new study shows a 117% increase in heat-related deaths from 1999 to 2023, with at least 21,518 people dying, and experts are urging governments to invest in infrastructure to lower temperatures and prevent preventable deaths.
Stigma, Stereotypes, And The HIV Crisis In The South
Shadawn McCants, a 46-year-old woman diagnosed with HIV at 17, has become an advocate for HIV awareness and is working to shift the narrative around HIV stigma and discrimination in the South.
UCSF Backs Pricey Doctoral Program For Nurse-Midwives Amid Maternal Care Crisis
UC-San Francisco is eliminating its master's program in nurse-midwifery and replacing it with a doctoral degree, which has drawn criticism from alumni, health policy experts, and faculty who accuse the university of putting profits above public health needs.
Health Minute: Certain Cancers Striking More Young Adults
Cancer has traditionally been thought of as a disease that affects older generations, but a new study suggests 17 cancer types are striking more young adults. In today’s Health Minute, Mandy Gaither has a look at the data & why experts say more research is needed.
Showering The Unhoused, With Soap, Water — And Love
Muture Sisters, a nonprofit organization in Paterson, New Jersey, provides portable showers and hygiene kits to the unhoused community, helping to address the health risks associated with poor hygiene and to provide a safe space for them to shower and get dressed.
A Teen’s Murder, Moldy Walls: Broken Promises Haunt Public Housing
Yamacraw Village, a public housing complex in Savannah, GA, has been neglected for years and is now facing a host of deficiencies that pose a high risk of death or disability to its residents, despite the federal government's promise to fund repairs.
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How Scott Colom Defied More Than A Century Of History To...
Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, CNN’s Decision Desk projects that Scott Colom will become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982.
