Research suggests repeated exposure to stressors, such as racism and discrimination, leads to poor health outcomes among Black Americans. Part 1 of this special series, "The Price of Pain: Black Health & Reparations in America," explores the effects of racial weathering.
Despite declining youth crime in Indiana, Black youth still face high detention rates in the state. Initiatives like New B.O.Y. aim to offer support through mentoring.
Deaths of despair among Black people tripled from 2015-2022, surpassing white rates. Also this week: Efforts to reduce medical debt and Pew generates controversy in survey on Black Americans’ views on health care.
While Black people make up roughly 12.6% of Sacramento County’s population, they account for about 52% of all gun-related deaths from 2019 to 2023, according to an Observer analysis of coroner data.
Also this week: Cancer inequities narrow, but more work is needed; and disabled people lose services during Medicaid unwinding.
A three-part series sheds light on a new set of sweeping federal consumer protection powers — and the public health challenges created by the loopholes that remain.
The internet has become a necessity nearly as important as basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter. But fewer Americans will receive help to stay connected, now that the Affordable Connectivity Program is ending.
A $1.6 million federal grant could unscramble the I-264 ramps in downtown Norfolk. But would it reopen an isolated, Black community?
Also this week: The alarming suicide rate among young Black men in rural regions of the country.
“We are beginning to have that safety that we always desired and required but have never had easy and safe access to when dealing with law enforcement," said Rita Garcia, program coordinator at the TransLatin@ Coalition in Los Angeles.
