As a civil rights leader, Reverend Otis Moss Jr. has experienced racism in his life: assassinations and lynchings — “the personification of evil and injustice,” he said. “I saw Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a casket,” said Moss. “Personally, at 11 years old, I also...
Prostate cancer is more common in Black men than in white men — one in six Black men in the United States will develop the disease, compared with one in eight white men. Not only that, but Black men are also twice as likely to die of the disease (A. N....
Photo via Getty Images By Kiyana Patel Jackson, MS. —A weather-related calamity has shut off the water taps for many Jackson, Missouri households for the second time in a year, creating an environmental justice issue that serves as a reminder of the endurance of...
In the United States, the burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) disproportionally falls on individuals of Black race. Black US veterans with CKD experience substantial adverse consequences; compared with White veterans, Black...
A lecture presented by the National Library of Medicine will explore the history of racism in mental healthcare in the South and the present-day ramifications of it. The lecture, titled "James H…. Source link
