The ‘Black Angels’ who helped cure tuberculosis
Professional nurses who moved north during the Great Migration worked in New York City’s most contagious sanatorium — and changed the course of public health history.
He published the first abolitionist newspaper in America. He was also an enslaver.
When The Emancipator was first published in 1820, its original owner had to answer for why he owned Nancy and her five children.
Netflix’s “Unlocked” reveals the fallacy of open-door prisons
Opening the prison cells of incarcerated people shouldn’t be considered a “success.” We need to throw away the whole prison industrial complex.
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For Muslim women to get the health care they deserve, doctors need to listen
Clear communication and cultural competency in health care can help Muslim women avoid a harrowing trip to the doctor.
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Conservatives have a plan to end multiracial democracy. It starts with the vote.
A conversation with Ari Berman, author of “Minority Rule,” about America’s long history of disenfranchisement.
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‘Where is Wendy Williams?’ reveals the uncomfortable truth about Black women and chronic illness
The Wendy Williams documentary forces viewers to confront societal discomfort around caregiving, aging, health, and vulnerability.
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Untold histories, past lives, and stories that point us toward an antiracist future
As climate change fractures communities, folklorists help stitch them back together
From Appalachia to the Bayou to the desert Southwest, here’s how culture can teach us about adapting to a warmer world.
The madness of Cousin Maynard
In her new book exploring the torturous legacy of a Jim Crow mental hospital, journalist Antonia Hylton details a family tragedy at the intersection of racism and mental illness.
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