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Black women face alarming maternal mortality rates. New Tennessee law aims to change that
Knoxville News Sentinel· 5 hours agoIn addition...County a grade of C+ or 9.6% for preterm birth rates, or the percentage of live births...
Reports of Biden’s Black and Hispanic Problem Are Vastly Overstated
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoNo voter group wants to be taken for granted, and both Black and Hispanic voters clearly want Biden...
The Black neighborhood home appraisal gap is real. Can we close it?
Bankrate via AOL· 4 days agoDuring the two periods, “property valuation inequalities” between homes in majority-Black and...
The State of Black Cincinnati: Report details discrepancies in population
WCPO Cincinnati· 5 days agoThe report was unveiled at the organization's third Juneteenth Celebration. “When we talk about parity, we are referring ...
Black entrepreneurship's role in closing the racial wealth gap - Marketplace
Marketplace· 5 days agoThis Juneteenth, we’re taking a look at the racial wealth gap in the United States — and initiatives...
Black residents experienced disproportionate use of force by Modesto police over past decade
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe study revealed that the average use-of-force rate for Black residents nationwide was 273 per...
Black men ask, “What am I voting for?” as they battle frustration
ABC News· 2 days agoThe Black Male Voter Project, an organization dedicated to increasing civic engagement among Black...
Juneteenth holiday: An important moment to contemplate our nation’s past and present
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWhat in the world could they have been thinking? That’s one of the questions (or, at least, one...
The Case for Forcing the Mentally Ill Into Treatment
New York Magazine· 4 days agoAttempts to use involuntary treatment to help severely treatment-resistant people with mental illness are decried by the activist class and local...
Knoxville depended more on enslaved people than history suggests | Know Your Knox
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThough there were no vast cotton fields in Knoxville and no industry that...