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Racial Trauma Could Be Factor in the 80 Percent of Black Women With Fibroids
The lack of scientific consensus has led some to posit that it's due to the chronic stress of racial discrimination.
This Juneteenth, We Are at War Over Our Right to Teach Black History
The right is trying to make truth-telling about U.S. history illegal because it fears the end of white supremacy.
California Schools Urged to Create Heat Plans on a Warming Planet
A new policy brief offers a series of recommendations on how schools become more heat-resilient.
Criminalized Survivors Face Judgement and Abuse From Their Own Defense Attorneys
Criminalized survivors routinely encounter defense lawyers who are dismissive at best and abusive at worst.
Charleston Grad Student Uncovers the Largest Known Slave Auction in the US
The discovery serves as a stark reminder of how the U.S.'s entrenched racial wealth gap was born.
For Many Black People Behind Bars, Juneteenth Comes With Joy and Grief
The day serves as a reminder that while chattel slavery was abolished, a new form continues in the U.S. prison system.
Big Pharma’s Opioid Settlement Payouts to Localities Made Public
The national opioid settlements are the second-largest public health settlement of all time.
Tax Records Tie Publix Heiress to More Dark Money Groups That Sponsored Jan. 6
Groups involved in the rally received at least $3 million in total funding from Julia Jenkins Fancelli.
US Politicians Don’t Have the Right to Dictate Macedonia’s Future
Does the U.S. taxpayer know how much of their money is spent on interventionism that doesn't garner major headlines?
Prison Has Robbed Me of Father’s Day 25 Times. All I Want Is to Be With My Sons.
For me, Father's Day is an unbearable reminder of everything that prison has stolen from my family.