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November 3, 2022 Nearly 100 Black mothers are receiving basic income thanks to a new County program known as the Multnomah Mothers’ Trust Project. On Tuesday, Nov. 1, project leaders briefed the Board of Commissioners on the impact from the program’s first year. The program serves approximately 100 Black female-headed households with children currently receiving […]
Vu-An Foster’s sunny Newark, N.J., apartment is lined with greenery. Potted plants cover every surface. Many of them came from a single seedling—one that a friend gifted her after she lost her first daughter to stillbirth. Foster had always wanted to be a mom. She finally celebrated the birth of a healthy baby last year, […]
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The story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black boy kidnapped and brutally murdered in Mississippi by two white men before they dumped his body in the Tallahatchie River in 1955, is not new. That level of racist vileness has been experienced by victims who came before and after the bright-eyed Chicago boy’s time, echoing recently […]
Achieving better outcomes also means continuing to support those in our community who are addressing these issues, especially organizations fighting for Black maternal health. Some of them include Washington D.C.’s Mamatoto Village, which provides perinatal support for Black women and families, New Orleans’ Sista Midwife Productions, a birth advocacy organization, among many others.
Black mothers are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth compared to white mothers who are similarly positioned, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Reporter: Cristin SeverancePhotographer: Jay JenningsWeb Editor: Sydney FranklinPosted 11:20 p.m. Yesterday — Updated 12:05 a.m. Today he died of Marx. Yeah. So yeah, I didn’t want […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – A Houston organization’s efforts to educate people on Black maternal mental health disparities are expanding its reach in Charlotte. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications compared to white women. Those complications aren’t always physical. Kay Matthews […]
Roe v. Wade: America has a long history of criminalizing Black mothers Slate Source link
Every morning, M.J. Jaafar goes online and scans through hundreds of postings trying to find baby formula for her three-month-old daughter. Most days, she comes up empty. Then Jaafar’s heart sinks and anger sets in when she encounters scams and price gouging that victimizes families already desperate to feed their babies. “It’s baffling and mind-blowing […]
Placeholder while article actions load Tim Scott, a Republican, represents South Carolina in the U.S. Senate. My mom raised my brother and me on her own, struggling to make ends meet. She worked 16 hours a day three days a week, and eight hours a day two days a week, just to keep food on […]