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In NYC Hospital, Women of Color Are About to Start Talking About Heart Disease

By Jan Paschal ● Health & Science ● March 2, 2016

The support group starts on March 5 at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and is part of an effort to improve coping, lifestyles and risk awareness. Meet the two Mayo Clinic-trained “heart sisters” who will lead the sessions.

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Teen Accepts Hair as Part of Awesome Self

By Tiana Zuniga ● Teen Voices ● September 23, 2015

Tiana Zuniga wrote about beauty for the Girls Write Now anthology, “Voice to Voice: Girls Write Now’s 2015 Anthology,” because “definitions of beauty change, and that puts pressure on people to constantly change the way they look.”

Trayvon Martin’s Killing Wasn’t Isolated Incident

By Harriet Childress ● Uncategorized ● August 22, 2013

The experience of other groups who are consistently victims of abuse–such as women and the gay community–can help clarify why many African Americans are upset over this slaying. And why we need to address systemic racism.

Pollution Risks Worse for Developing World Women

By Molly Ginty ● Uncategorized ● May 18, 2013

Environmental factors are responsible for 23 percent of the overall global disease burden, according to World Health Organization research. Addressing such pollution could save the lives of 6 million women a year.

‘We Simply Don’t Know’ Why Black Moms Die More Often

By Belle Taylor-McGhee ● Health & Science ● December 13, 2012

Absence of a national reporting standard is a roadblock to tracking cases and explaining racial disparities, but access to and quality of care are places to look. Meanwhile, mortality rates among older black moms in the U.S. mirror those in developing countries.

African American Women’s Legacy Is Political Power

By Cindy Hooper ● Uncategorized ● September 2, 2012

African American women have become an increasingly important voting block, says Cindy Hooper in her book “Conflict.” In this excerpt, she examines how black women started to gain this importance in politics.

China Needs to Spare the Rod in Childrearing

By Juan Wu ● Crime & Law ● April 11, 2012

Girls are raised to be obedient and the Chinese ideogram for “educate” shows a child being beaten with a stick. Juan Wu says the traditional mistreatment of children is where the work against domestic violence begins.

Black Breastfeeding Advocacy: It Takes All Styles

By Kimberly Allers ● Uncategorized ● February 23, 2012

Stereotypes within the African American community can marginalize some would-be breastfeeding mothers. Kimberly Seals Allers says health benefits should be the all-important focus; not personal styles in dressing, eating or caring for your hair.

Egyptians: Violence Should Put Elections on Hold

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● November 22, 2011

Two prominent women in Egypt’s unfolding revolution say protest violence should put elections on hold. “It will be a circus,” said Gigi Ibrahim, who is flying home from New York on Wednesday and plans to go straight from the airport to Tahrir Square.

As Mom-in-Chief, Michelle Subverts Stereotypes

By Melissa V. Harris-Perry ● Arts & Culture ● November 5, 2011

Michelle Obama’s decision to focus on nurturing the first family disappointed some. But in this excerpt from her new book, Melissa V. Harris-Perry says she’s making a healthy correction to an ugly national script about black women as mothers.