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High maternal mortality rates and increased risk of heart disease and stroke are just a couple of the terrifying headlines…
High maternal mortality rates and increased risk of heart disease and stroke are just a couple of the terrifying headlines…
The U.S. is in the midst of a racial reckoning. The COVID-19 pandemic, which took a particularly heavy toll on Black communities…
Lately I have read report after report on Daily Kos about gerrymandering and Democratic politicians retiring because their old…
Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations Element removed Coping with…
The U.S. is in the midst of a racial reckoning. The COVID-19 pandemic, which took a particularly heavy toll on Black communities…
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Negar Fani…
By Negar Fani, Emory University (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from…
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Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The United States is in the midst of a racial reckoning. The COVID-19 pandemic, which took a particularly…
Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The United States is in the midst of a racial reckoning. The COVID-19 pandemic, which took a particularly…
This rendering shows white matter fibers -- shown in color -- throughout the brain.
Coping with everyday affronts comes at a cost and requires a certain level of emotional suppression.
The U.S. is in the midst of a racial reckoning. The COVID-19 pandemic, which took a particularly heavy toll on Black communities…
Highland Project founder Gabrielle Wyatt says that while Black women have been building new systems of justice and safety, the…
According to Amira Barger, burnout is a workplace and health equity issue for Black women.
Last month, the COVID-19-related public health emergency was officially declared over.
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The average wage gap for all U.S. women has improved since last year. Yet Black women’s wage gap is worse this year than it was…
- NewsBreak The good news? The average wage gap for all U.S. women has improved since last year, moving Equal Pay Day up from…
The average wage gap for all U.S. women has improved since last year. Yet Black women's wage gap is worse this year than it was…
Last month, Black women earned what the average white U.S. man was paid last year.
There’s a growing chasm between the incomes of Black women and white men. This year’s Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the date…
There’s a growing chasm between the incomes of Black women and white men. This year’s Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the date…
There’s a growing chasm between the incomes of Black women and white men. This year’s Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the date…
There’s a growing chasm between the incomes of Black women and white men. This year’s Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the date…
Stressed black businesswoman working on a laptop in an office alone (Photo: Delmaine Donson via Getty Images) There’s a growing…
- NewsBreak Stressed black businesswoman working on a laptop in an office alone (Photo: Delmaine Donson via ) There’s a growing…
Stressed black businesswoman working on a laptop in an office alone (Photo: Delmaine Donson via Getty Images) There’s a growing…
- NewsBreak Burnout is real. For Black women, the situation is even more calamitous as numbers reveal that Black women between…
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Colin Greene, the embattled Virginia health commissioner who in comments to his staff and media interviews dismissed the role…
In five months on the job, Virginia’s chief public health official Colin Greene has rejected the state-recognized declaration…
Black History Month is a time of year when we reflect on all the accomplishments, achievements, and accolades of Black people…
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I remember the first time I actually saw renderings of slave trade ships. When I was younger, I held the space to imagine what I…
When Simone Biles – a black woman, trauma and sexual violence survivor and winner of 32 Olympic and world championship medals …
Olympic swimmer Simone Manuel is set to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. However, her revelation that she suffered from “a…
When Olympic swimmer Simone Manuel revealed a burnout diagnosis after a loss at the U.S.
Manuel had to pause her Olympic training after being diagnosed with burnout. Secrets to beat burnout from women who overcame it…
Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond — an author, mentor, and the founder and CEO of Wise Chipmunk, an education and research firm — speaks…
Police violence and racism in general can be insidious threats to a Black woman's reproductive health, damaging her own well-bein…
Police violence and racism in general can be insidious threats to a Black woman's reproductive health, damaging her own well-bein…
Police violence and racism in general can be insidious threats to a Black woman's reproductive health, damaging her own well-bein…
Image by Eakachai Leesin via Shutterstock By Ruchika Tulshyan Most young girls don’t grow up worrying about workplace burnout…
Most young girls don’t grow up worrying about workplace burnout, but by the time they’re adults and fully entrenched in careers…
“When my gut broke down, that’s when I thought maybe something’s wrong.”— Yumiko Kadota, the author of “Emotional Female” [In…
in her words Dr. Yumiko Kadota, a surgeon in Sydney, and the author of “Emotional Female,” on stress, burnout and toxic work…
Keke Palmer is R29Unbothered’s first ever cover star. She’s an example of what we do here at Unbothered — shine, show up, and…
So…..it’s Women’s History Month. And I’m typing this as a Black woman who’s constantly overwhelmed and stressed in both…
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From ELLE In 2020, I found myself overcome by grief and despair that felt new not in its existence, but in its potency.
Burnout is rising, and Black women and women of color are getting hit hard. According to Maslach and Leiter's burnout theories…
For me, this past year was a whirlwind at its best and extremely traumatizing at its worst.
Data has consistently shown that Black Americans die at higher rates than White Americans, especially when related to specific…
It doesn’t seem right that something as seemingly arbitrary as your zip code can predict how healthy you'll be throughout your…
It doesn’t seem right that something as seemingly arbitrary as your zip code can predict how healthy you'll be throughout your…
As protests continue across the United States in response to the killings of Black Americans by police, would-be protesters are…
Every April, National Minority Health Month is observed. The month is dedicated to continuing to raise awareness about health…
ASHEVILLE, N.C.—Bianca Davidson was 17 and still in foster care when she got pregnant.
ASHEVILLE, N.C.—Bianca Davidson was 17 and still in foster care when she got pregnant.
Svarta, välutbildade och välbetalda kvinnor i USA drabbas fortfarande i högre utsträckning av mödradödlighet än vita kvinnor…
A few days ago I wrote a post about the rise in maternal mortality in America, and in particular the stunning difference…
On Monday Vogue released the cover for its infamous September issue, featuring a stripped-back and understated Beyoncé…
Erica Garner, the daughter of the Staten Island man who was killed by a police officer who placed him in a chokehold, died at…
Erica Garner (Credit: Getty/Andrew Burton) The sting of the premature death of 27-year-old Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner…
The sting of the premature death of 27-year-old Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, is still fresh.
The sting of the premature death of 27-year-old Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, is still fresh.
Erica Garner takes part in a candlelight vigil. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Christen A.
Police violence is like a nuclear bomb. The initial impact only causes a fraction of the deaths to come.
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Doug Jones defeated Roy Moore in the Alabama race for Senate on Tuesday. According to the CNN exit polls, this is largely due…
Not education. Not income. Not even being an expert on racial disparities in health care.
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving’s “village” – the friends and family she had assembled to support…
Wanda Irving holds her granddaughter, Soleil, in front of a portrait of Soleil’s mother, Shalon, at her home in Sandy Springs…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving’s “village” — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving’s “village” — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving’s “village” — the friends and family she had assembled to support…