America Can Go Far Ahead in Leading the Movement for Black Women in Politics

An organization in Brooklyn is working to increase the presence of women of color in the political offices and is providing them with the resources that they need to run.

The founding member of the Higher Heights for America, C. Virginia Fields, says that she remained a member of the Ne...

JAMA RESEARCH: BLACK WOMEN IN THE US AT HIGH RISK OF CHILD BIRTH COMPLICATIONS

Highlights:

• Racial disparity in the ways of living makes black mothers more prone to childbirth risks in the US  
• Black women also do not have access to health insurance, and healthy foods to ease the risks

A new study, pu...