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Doechii got naked to combat the male gaze. She wound up right back in its sights Rapper Doechii planned for the song “Crazy” to be her industry coming-out party — but the music video, with its focus on Black femme bodies, ran afoul of an unspoken rule. Amanda Howell Whitehurst for NPR hide caption toggle […]
In 2011, a farmer in Oklahoma had a bunch of sick pigs. The animals had what looked like the flu. “Just like a person with respiratory disease, the pigs had labored breathing, maybe a runny nose, cough and potentially a fever,” says virologist Benjamin Hause. At the time, Hause was working at the company Newport […]
Commonsense initiative aims to reduce maternal mortality among Black women : NPR Commonsense initiative aims to reduce maternal mortality among Black women An initiative in Boston helps them monitor blood pressure by giving women a blood pressure cuff to take home. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on March 26, 2023. From Commonsense initiative aims […]
The California Reparations Task Force hopes its work can be a model for eventual federal reparations for slavery. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The California Reparations Task Force hopes its work can be a model for eventual federal reparations for slavery. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A task force set up by […]
Randall Robinson, right, is pictured with Coretta Scott King and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., after the Senate voted to override then-President Reagan’s veto of tough new sanctions against South Africa in 1986. Robinson died Friday at 81. John Duricka/AP hide caption toggle caption John Duricka/AP Randall Robinson, right, is pictured with Coretta Scott King and […]
One of the complications contributing to high U.S. maternal mortality among Black women is preeclampsia. A common-sense initiative in Boston gives women a blood pressure cuff to take home. Copyright © 2023 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. NPR transcripts are created . […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration rejected the original curriculum for the African American studies course in January. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration rejected the original curriculum for the African American studies course in January. Scott Olson/Getty Images The College Board released […]
In this photo provided by Layton Hoyer, a red SUV is seen submerged in floodwater in Granby, Mo., early Friday. Layton Hoyer via AP hide caption toggle caption Layton Hoyer via AP In this photo provided by Layton Hoyer, a red SUV is seen submerged in floodwater in Granby, Mo., early Friday. Layton Hoyer via […]
A whistleblower said the Department of Veterans Affairs has known of and tracked racial disparities in benefits decisions for years. Here’s an update an ongoing discrimination lawsuit against the VA. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Internal documents from the Department of Veterans Affairs show that Black veterans are much less likely to get approved for benefits for […]
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that depositors at small banks could be eligible for the same kind of protection extended to customers at two regional banks that failed this month. Yellen made the remarks at a speech she delivered to the American Bankers Association on March 21, 2023. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption […]