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Indigenous and Black Children Increasingly Experiencing Racism, New Study Shows
November 21, 2022By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN (Read...
Black Heart Failure Patients Less Likely to Get devices and Transplants They Need, Study Finds
November 17, 2022By Jacqueline Howard and Raenu Charles, CNN (Read...
Racism Led to Lower Benefits for Black Veterans, Studies Find
November 14, 2022By Joe Davidson, The Washington Post (Read...
How Does Learning about Past Racial Injustice Inform Understanding Current Racial Discrimination?
November 11, 2022By Steven White, Syracuse University News (Read...
OMB Launches New Public Listening Sessions on Federal Race and Ethnicity Standards Revision
October 24, 2022In June 2022, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced a formal review to revise OMB’s Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (Directive No. 15): Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and...
Medical Racism Is Fueling the Black Overdose Crisis, Advocates Say
January 21, 2022By Mike Ludwig, Truthout (Read...
New Healing Through Policy Initiative Fosters Racial Justice
November 17, 2021By Gail Christopher, de Beaumont This article is the third the 2021 Fresh Perspectives series, presented by the de Beaumont Foundation. Published in the weeks leading up to APHA’s 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo in October, the series showcases...
How Thousands of Black Farmers Were Forced Off Their Land
November 8, 2021Black people own just 2 percent of farmland in the United States. A decades-long history of loan denials at the USDA is a major reason why. By Kali Holloway, The Nation (Read...
Black Appraisers Call Out Industry’s Racial Bias and Need for Systemic Change
June 11, 2021"The largely insular appraisal industry of 78,000 is skewed over 85 percent white with less than 2 percent of appraisers identifying as Black." By Safia Samee Ali (Read...
Structural Racism, High Blood Pressure, Black People’s Health All Linked, Experts Say
June 2, 2021By American Heart Association News, chicago.suntimes.com "Untreated, high blood pressure can lead to disabling, potentially fatal illnesses including heart disease, stroke, dementia, kidney disease, sexual dysfunction, vision loss." (Read...