Gulf Shores The American Association of Pediatrics has released a study that has been several years in the making on the impact of racism on children, and it’s devastating. It starts early, even in the womb and has serious health impacts right up to a too early grave. The litany of impacts is jolting according …
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Poisoned People and Poisoned Politics
Little Rock We’re right to have issues with the police, but bad or good, at least we know when we’re hurt or shot or when someone is murdered, there’s someplace to go, there’s a direction to point our fingers, there’s someone, somebody, somewhere that’s supposed to do something. When we’re poisoned by thoughtless, indifferent corporations …
Shame on Komen Foundation Craven Cave-in on Planned Parenthood
New Orleans It was shocking today to read that the Komen Foundation, well known for its ubiquitous “pink” crusade against breast cancer, in the most craven way caved into right-wing pressure and unilaterally defunded Planned Parenthood. Komen has been increasingly controversial in the anti-cancer health movement for emphasizing marketing and branding over research and cures, …