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Past and Present Collide as the Black Anti-Abortion Movement Grows
by Miriam Zoila Pérez on March 3 2011, 9:35AM
On more than 170 billboards nationwide, a campaign is exploiting America’s racist medical history to foster the belief that abortion is black genocide.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Planned Parenthood
NYC Anti-Abortion Ad Is Coming Down—but the Real Battle’s Just Begun
by Jamilah King on February 24 2011, 5:00PM
The ad targeted black women and caused national outrage.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Health
Oprah Talks Race and Asks What ‘If Katrina Hit Bel Air’
by Jorge Rivas on February 21 2011, 1:32PM
The talk show host offers her most candid comments yet one the storm.
Why I Support Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger Notwithstanding
by Rinku Sen on February 21 2011, 10:00AM
Organizations change. And all these years later, women of color are better off with Planned Parenthood.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Planned Parenthood, Rinku Sen
Rep. Moore Tells Anti-Choice GOP Where to Shove Black Genocide Lie
by Akiba Solomon on February 18 2011, 6:45PM
“I know a lot about having black babies. I’ve had three of them,” she explains during Pence Amendment debate.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Budget, Health, Planned Parenthood
GOP Moves to Strip Planned Parenthood of Federal Funding
by Shani O. Hilton on February 18 2011, 4:33PM
The right wing attack on women heats up.
Topics: Health, Planned Parenthood, Politics
Breast Feeding is a Black Thing
by Akiba Solomon on February 17 2011, 12:57PM
How the First Lady was right about black women and breast-feeding—and why critics like Rep. Michele Bachmann are dead wrong.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Health
How Microbicides Could Forever Change HIV for Black Women
by Akiba Solomon on February 10 2011, 12:04PM
By 2014, scientists may have given women the tool to truly change the HIV epidemic’s trajectory.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, HIV/AIDS, Health
Anti-Abortion Bills Surging Through Capitol Hill—and States, Too
by Miriam Zoila Pérez on February 9 2011, 9:32AM
The House GOP is making good on its promises, but so are state legislators. In all cases, women of color lose the most.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Planned Parenthood
Anti-Abortion Activists Confirm Hit On Planned Parenthood
by Jamilah King on February 2 2011, 3:38PM
New video accuses the agency of covering up a child sex ring. Seriously?
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Planned Parenthood
How Kermit Gosnell Got Over—and Poor Women of Color Paid the Price
by Akiba Solomon on February 1 2011, 9:40AM
Alleged butcher Dr. Kermit Gosnell was aided by cynical abortion politics and a systemic disregard for Philadelphia’s poor women of color.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Health
Global AIDS Watchdogs Worry U.S. Neglecting Its Leadership Role
by Michelle Chen on January 28 2011, 10:07AM
Obama’s strategy is to fight HIV comprehensively, but some say that’s camouflage for neglect.
Topics: Global Justice, HIV/AIDS at 30, Health
FBI Probes ACORN-Style “Sting” on Planned Parenthood
by Jamilah King on January 26 2011, 1:43PM
Poor women of color stand to lose the most in anti-abortion attacks.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Health
The 10 Stories to Follow as HIV/AIDS Enters Its Fourth Decade
by Ramon Johnson on January 25 2011, 10:03AM
Microbicides and pill-a-day prevention on the way. AIDS research returns to the U.S. Federal and state initiatives take off. But don’t wait for that Berlin cure.
Topics: HIV/AIDS at 30, Health
Black AIDS Activist: ‘Our House is On Fire’
by Jamilah King on January 18 2011, 11:54AM
Three decades into the AIDS epidemic, CNN’s Anderson Cooper spotlights its crippling effects to the black community.
Topics: Health
Haiti’s Remarkable HIV Turnaround May Be Undone by Earthquake
by Rod McCullom on January 12 2011, 3:17PM
Global health watchers worry the island’s epidemic is exploding anew as the recovery drags on.
Topics: Global Affairs, Haiti, Health
GOP Attack on Health Care Reform Is a Fight Against Racial Justice
by Jamilah King on January 7 2011, 4:35PM
Republicans are attacking a bill that could take us one step closer to health equity.
Aretha Franklin Breaks Her Silence After Surgery, Says “Problem Resolved”
by Jorge Rivas on January 7 2011, 12:15PM
Aretha Franklin is opening up a bit about her health after her mystery surgery last month.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Health
Aretha Franklin’s Cancer Diagnosis Prevalent Among Blacks
by Jorge Rivas on December 9 2010, 9:25AM
The Queen of Soul is battling a disease that disproportionally hits African Americans.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Health
The AIDS Epidemic Has Always Been Defined by What We Don’t Know
by Eric Washington on December 1 2010, 9:36AM
On World AIDS Day, three black Americans look back on decades of misunderstanding about HIV.
Topics: HIV/AIDS at 30, Health
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