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6 Reasons Why “All Lives Matter” Is Neither Fair Nor Helpful
July 12, 2016by Susana Rinderle, MA, ACC One week: Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Dallas. Finally, the number of White people moved to action against racism is reaching a tipping point, yet tired clichés like “violence isn’t the answer” and “we...
Machine Bias
July 7, 2016by Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks. On a Spring afternoon in 2014, Brisha Borden was running late to...
Why Obamacare Is Life-Saving For African-Americans
July 6, 2016by Get Well Wednesday/BlackAmericaWeb.com Attorney Daniel E. Dawes is a nationally recognized leader in the health equity movement and has led numerous efforts to address health policy issues impacting vulnerable, underserved, and marginalized...
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Evokes Baldwin, Coates in Blistering Dissent on Illegal Stops
July 1, 2016by Sameer Rao (Read...
Eliminating Inequalities Needs Affirmative Action
June 28, 2016The Supreme Court has upheld the affirmative action admission policy of University of Texas. Abigail Fisher, a white woman, applied to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) in 2008. She sued the university after she was denied admission on...
Research shows that Black children have higher postsurgical complication rates in national sample
June 24, 2016Research at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found that: "Black children who undergo urologic surgery are more likely than white children to have postsurgical complications and hospital-acquired infections 30 days after the surgery....
Impact Report: Boys and Young Men of Color
June 23, 2016In January/February 2015, the National Voices Project (NVP) conducted the Boys and Young Men of Color (BYMOC) survey, in partnership with the National Collaborative for Health Equity (NCHE). The survey was administered by GfK, an...
Impact Report – Bias in the Media: Girls & Young Women of Color
June 20, 2016In January/February 2015, the National Voices Project (NVP) conducted the Girls and Young Women of Color survey, in partnership with the National Collaborative for Health Equity (NCHE). The survey was administered by GfK, an international survey...
Shift toward social determinants transforming public health work: Targeting causes of health disparities
June 16, 2016by Kim Krisberg Several years ago, public health workers in Wayne County, Michigan, embarked on a new endeavor to tackle infant mortality, an issue that affected the community’s black newborns at more than twice the rate of white newborns. But...
House Panel Calls on U.S. DOT to Measure Access to Economic Opportunity
June 15, 2016A bill working its way through Congress may prompt federal officials to get a better handle on how transportation projects help or hinder access to jobs, education, and health care. The legislation, which passed out of a House Committee this week,...