Julianne Malveaux Testifies that Federal Contracting Promotes Inequality
by Dr. Julianne Malveaux On May 21, I had the opportunity to testify before a Congressional Progressive Caucus, meeting on the fact that federal dollars drive inequality by paying contractors who pay too many of their workers very little. The hearing was driven by a study from Amy Traub and her colleagues at Demos, a New [...]
New Poll Says Majority Of Americans Don’t Know About Obamacare
By Staff Blogger According to a new Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll, many Americans are either confused about the new Obama health care law, the Affordable Care Act, or are completely unaware that it is now law. There seems to be much confusion as to the state of the Affordable Care Act. According to [...]
Dr. Julianne Malveaux: Medical Attitudes Maintain Health Disparities
by Dr. Julianne Malveaux Anna Brown, a St. Louis based homeless woman needed treatment for a sprained ankle. She went to three emergency rooms seeking such treatment. In the third hospital, St. Mary’s Health Center, Ms. Brown was emphatic about needing care. Instead she was arrested for trespassing, and died in a jail cell! Was [...]
Up to 28% Of South African School Aged Girls are HIV Positive
South African health ministry officials recently revealed that up to 28 percent of South African school aged girls are HIV positive. Responding to the news, South Africa’s health minister said it “destroyed” his soul. Four percent of school boys also have the virus. “It is clear that it is not young boys who are sleeping [...]
Moms: Taking charge of your health, a head-to-toe guide
Children. Family. Friends. Errands. Work. Church. Dinner. Karate lessons. Bake sales… Moms routinely juggle long lists of to-dos from all facets of their lives, except the most important: themselves. Moms will drive their kids, and even other people’s kids, to regular pediatrician appointments. They take sick relatives to the emergency room late at [...]
Is Inequality Shortening Your Life Span?
White, black, or brown, we’d all live longer in a more equal, less status-driven society. Imagine you got to choose whether to be born black or born white in America. Here are a few health statistics that might inform your decision: If you chose to be born white, your chances of dying [...]
Moving forward from past reproductive injustices against black women
We were born in the segregated South during the Jim Crow era and we’ve lived to witness the changes brought about as we transitioned from Jim Crow laws to the civil rights and the women’s rights movements. We’ve seen how people, organizations and events have shaped who we are as African-American women. [...]
New Study: Discrimination Towards Black People Causes Them Stress & Poor Health
By D. Smith African Americans pay a high price for living in a discriminatory society where stress can impact health and well-being. The enduring wealth gap that has widened in recent years as well as the protraction of poverty, social isolation, residential segregation and other social institutions have been shown to be causative factors for [...]
Obama’s Big Immigration Opportunity
Republicans are strongly signaling they will back an immigration plan along the outlines of what President Barack Obama proposed Tuesday, creating the potential for an almost unprecedented occurrence: Obama signing a major bill without an extended fight with the GOP. The core ideas touted in his speech in Las Vegas — creating a pathway [...]
Julianne Malveaux Says that Inequality Must Be Confronted
Last week I attended a “think tank” conversation with leaders of the Rodham Institute, a newly established center at George Washington University that is dedicated to reducing health disparities in Washington, DC. This is an important effort, because Washington, DC is such a divided city. “East of the River”, Wards 7 and 8, are the [...]
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