News & Media
The National Collaborative for Health Equity presents the latest news, articles, events and program highlights to help you stay connected and informed.
An Island Amid Mississippi’s Covid Madness
By Makani Themba (Read...
Webinar: Advancing Health Equity During and Beyond COVID-19: Addressing Housing and Homelessness
Dialogue4Health Webinar Friday, 10:30AM – 12:00PM Pacific Time Presenters: Diane Yental, Sue Pechilio Polis, Gregory Miao, Bobby Watts Many Americans struggle to maintain a safe and healthy place to live. People who are housing insecure...
Bad Apples Come From Rotten Trees In Policing
By Rashawn Ray (Read...
Racism Is a Health Crisis. Why Aren’t We Treating It Like One?
By Healthline (Health News) (Read...
Why Is COVID-19 Killing So Many Black Americans
By Andrea Collier (Read...
Latinx Unemployment Is Highest of All Racial and Ethnic Groups for the First Time on Record
By Natalie Spievack, Jorge González, Steven Brown Since the national emergency declaration for COVID-19, more than 33 million Americans have filed for unemployment insurance, and economic forecasts place the United States on the path to...
Letter by 25 Black Environmental Leaders Demands an End to Systemic Racism in the Environmental Sector
By Miranda Larbi Systemic racism fuels just about every institution and sector of Western society. Our cities were built with slavery money, schools are rife with discrimination and social media is a hotbed of whitewashing and blatant...
Toolkit from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture "Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. We are here to provide tools and guidance to empower your journey and inspire conversation." Talking About Race (Toolkit) -...
Reimagining an Antiracist America—Starting with Our Neighborhoods
By Margery Austin Turner, Solomon Greene The past several weeks and months have made painfully apparent the ways in which structural racism destroys lives and livelihoods and holds us back as a nation. We have seen communities of color ravaged by...
Black Americans experience deadly stress as a pandemic and violent racism collide, experts say
By Patrice Gaines (Read...