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Money-Making L.A. Hospitals Quit Delivering Babies. Inside the Fight to Keep One Labor Ward Open.
US News & World Report· 5 days agoDetranay Blankenship was 16 weeks pregnant when she found out she was expecting. The days passed quickly, and soon she was 7 centimeters dilated at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital.
Los Angeles County Moves to Create a Framework for Delivering Reparations and an Apology to Black...
Los Angeles Sentinel· 6 days agoFour years ago, the County publicly committed to being anti-racist with the creation of its ARDI Initiative to acknowledge and address the sanctioned policies like redlining
Opinion: Why rolling back diversity programs shows pure cowardice
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoSchools, companies, government organizations and individuals are throwing out diversity, equity and...
Conservative Group Tries to Halt Reparation Payments for Black Residents In a Chicago Suburb...
Atlanta Black Star· 6 days agoIn a historic move, the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, launched a reparations program in 2021, the first of its kind in the nation, according to several reports. The program, approved ...
Conservative Group Sues City Of Evanston, Illinois, Over Reparations Program For Black Residents |...
Essence· 6 days agoA conservative activist group has filed a class action lawsuit against Evanston, Illinois’ reparations program, arguing that its race-based eligibility criteria make it unconstitutional. In ...
17 LA County hospitals closed their labor wards. Here’s one that fought to stay open
Los Angeles Daily News· 6 days agoDetranay Blankenship was 16 weeks pregnant when she found out she was expecting. The days passed...
Transportation planners: Having safer roads means confronting structural racism
The Elkhart Truth, Ind. via Yahoo News· 7 days agoELKHART — A national epidemic in pedestrian deaths on the road isn’t felt equally among all races, according to transportation planners drafting a regional safety framework. Catherine Girves ...
Juneteenth: The journey to where? - CUInsight
CUInsight.com· 2 days agoThis recognition underscores the enduring contributions, resilience, and struggles of African Americans throughout history, emphasizing their role in shaping the nation’s past, present, and ...
‘A great man’: KCK bids fond farewell to civil rights activist, historian Chester Owens
The Kansas City Star· 5 days agoAfter 78 years in Kansas City, Kansas, locally renowned civil rights activist and historian Chester C. Owens Jr. is moving away. Before he does, though, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County ...
Black Hotel Owners Reclaim a Gentrified Space in World-Famous Venice Beach
BET.com· 2 days agoFew places are more iconic in the American imagination than LA’s Venice Beach. Thanks to enduring...