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Courtesy of NNPA The startling and enduring differences in murder rates between Black and white women in the United States have been highlighted in a new analysis published in the ”Lancet Medical Journal,” which serves as an eye-popping reminder that Malcolm X’s well-known observations on the struggles Black women in America endure. In one of his […]
The extreme and enduring differences in murder rates between Black and white women in the United States have been highlighted in a new analysis published in The Lancet medical journal. The new report, experts and activists note, serves as an eye-popping reminder of Malcolm X’s well-known observations on the struggles Black women in America endure. […]
As of August 29, 2023, this report contains corrections throughout. For a full list of corrections and clarifications, please expand the accordion at the end of the report. Introduction and summary Racial discrimination and systemic racism1 historically have kept U.S. communities of color trapped in cycles of poverty and housing instability.2 In particular, eviction—defined as […]
Published 2023-12-01 11:08 11:08 December 1, 2023 am For Jeanette Toomer, the hours she used to spend to ensure that her hair was perfectly done-up years ago was not just a matter of style—it was a cultural statement. As a Black woman who came of age in the 1970s, Toomer favored natural hair styles over […]
(LGBTQIA2S+ is an acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit, and the countless affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify.) Greenpeace activists hold placards with messages that support climate justice and gender justice at the 2022 Bangkok Pride parade. © Panumas Sanguanwong / Greenpeace It’s no secret that climate […]
The federal government’s efforts to stanch inflation are disproportionately impacting Black Americans. The Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates in the hopes of cooling off a red-hot economy, but its actions are hitting Black Americans — who have historically been squeezed out of home ownership and affordable loans — the hardest. Fed interest rate hikes […]
A new report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Thursday revealed that the US child welfare system uses poverty level as a justification for the removal of children from their parents and charges of neglect. The 146-page report calls for immediate attention to an issue which the two organizations […]
A study of capital jury selection in Duval County, Florida has found that the practice of “death qualification disproportionately excluded people of color, and Black people … in particular.” Attorneys for Dennis Glover (pictured, center), who was sentenced to death by a non-unanimous Duval County jury in 2015, commissioned the study. On October 21, 2022, […]
Cafe Sankofa and Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing Center, in Syracuse’s Southside neighborhood, is inviting members of the community to a movie screening event for all community members. “Following the preventable deaths of their loved ones due to childbirth complications, two families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing […]
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As reproductive and abortion rights advocates in the United States continue to reel following the Supreme Court’s gutting of Roe v. Wade, the battleground for abortion access […]