NEW: A lawmaker proposed a bill that would ban DEI in medical schools. Doctors say it could roll back progress toward improving Black maternal health.
#BlackMaternalHealthWeek
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Morgan Price, a Fisk University sophomore, has become the first gymnast from an HBCU to win a national title hbcugameday.com/2024/04/12/hbc…

From a health equity lens, it's worth noting that Black men are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer than their White counterparts. #OJSimpson cnn.com/2024/01/26/us/…

O.J. Simpson has died after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 76.

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As critics make increasing attacks against DEI programs across the nation, U.S. House Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be disbanded as part of the government spending bill passed today, the office’s director said in a statement obtained by CNN’s Chandelis Duster.

The Supreme Court has issued its decision on whether Donald Trump is eligible to appear on Colorado’s ballot.

'Because the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates, we reverse.'…

Great write Brandon Tensley

In a robust conversation, Nicquel Terry Ellis speaks with Laurie McGraw to discuss her recent reporting surrounding DEI, highlighting her ongoing coverage for CNN’s Race & Equality beat and emphasizing what being a Black journalist means to her bit.ly/3Ukh0nx

One in six Black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Early detection is key to saving lives. cnn.com/2024/01/26/us/…

Happy Black History Month! As part of a series of stories from my team, I wrote about the Rosenwald Schools which educated generations of Black people in the rural south in the early 20th century. One schoolhouse in TN is currently being restored. cnn.com/2024/02/01/us/…

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The King Center confirmed in a statement that Dexter Scott King, son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a civil rights activist, died Monday at the age of 62 after a battle with prostate cancer. cnn.com/2024/01/22/us/…

A really great discussion. Thank you Natasha S. Alford for your voice.

Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the White gunman in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in 2022 cnn.com/2024/01/12/us/…

I had the opportunity to interview Josephine Wright last summer. She fought hard to protect land that had been in her family since the Civil War. May she rest peacefully.

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Sara, your strength, your resilience, your ability to see life through a different lens now is so inspiring for a lot of people. Thank you.

From the story: Navy Federal Credit Union approved more than 75% of the White borrowers who applied for a new conventional home purchase mortgage in 2022, but less than 50% of Black borrowers who applied for the same type of loan were approved.

A powerful personal essay here from Abby D. Phillip who had home birth a little over two years ago.

'I wanted a childbirth experience as free from unnecessary medical intervention as possible,' she writes.

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