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Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, and former Urban Health Media Project intern Sierra Lewter, now a student at NYU (Courtesy of Antonio Hardy)

Black Experience, Health

COVID-19 Hits Blacks Hardest Due to ‘Legacy of Inequality’

by WI Guest Author May 29, 2020December 21, 2021

Health Supplements, Supplements

COVID-19 and Black People

by WI Guest Author May 13, 2020December 21, 2021

Irvin Lee, The Undiscovered Artist, composes music at his computer. (Courtesy of Irvin Lee)

Black Experience, Lifestyle

Black Dad Pens Controversial Coronavirus Song After Son Denied Test

by WI Guest Author May 6, 2020December 21, 2021

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, Stacy M. Brown

Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Supports CBC in Protecting Black Health

by WI Guest Author May 4, 2020December 21, 2021

Forewarned is forearmed in the case of the novel coronavirus, which American health officials believe will affect the nation's respiratory systems in coming weeks. (Courtesy of CDC)

ALSTON: COVID-19 Exposes How Blacks are in Danger in Medical Facilities

by WI Guest Author May 1, 2020December 21, 2021

BAILEY: American Medical Profession’s Connections to White Supremacy

by WI Guest Author April 29, 2020December 21, 2021

CREWE: African Americans Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19 — Let’s Not Let It Become Yesterday’s News

by WI Guest Author April 22, 2020December 21, 2021

Dr. Asefa Jejaw Mekonnen (Courtesy photo)

D.C.-Area Physician Warns of More Coronavirus Deaths for Blacks if Action Not Taken

by WI Guest Author April 20, 2020December 21, 2021

D Kevin McNeir, Health

COVID-19 Cases Surging Among Blacks — But Why?

by WI Guest Author April 8, 2020December 21, 2021

Black Experience

Racial Bias Found in Selection of Patients for Cancer Clinical Trials: Study

by WI Guest Author March 30, 2020December 21, 2021