A midwife’s death days after childbirth complications reignites the conversation around Black maternal health

Janell Green Smith was a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina. Less than a week after ...

Edith Renfrow Smith, who witnessed more than a century of Black American history, dies at 111

Edith Renfrow Smith grew up in the 1910s hearing her grandparents’ stories of surviving slavery, including a grandfather who ...

'Her worst fear has come to pass': Midwife who advocated for Black women dies after giving birth

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will ...

‘We want to win': Why Napa's first Black-owned winery finally embraced the spotlight

This article originally published at ‘We want to win': Why Napa's first Black-owned winery finally embraced the spotlight.

These New U.S. Museums And Expansions Are Opening In 2026

New attractions are ushering in attentions to topics such as history, technology and science. Others are adding onto their ...

University of Illinois hosted state-funded committee meeting where professors advocated for reparations

University of Illinois professors advocate for collective reparations at Illinois meeting, calling for community payments ...

Midwife and Black Maternal Health Advocate, 31, Dies Due to Childbirth Complications with Her First Baby

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife and Black maternal health advocate, has died. On Friday, Jan. 2, Smith, a South ...

Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors are the latest Black celebrities to gain African citizenship

This movement of "reconnection" gained renewed momentum after Ghana launched its "Year of Return" initiative in 2019.
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When a civil rights leader whose family faced down the KKK says democracy is in crisis, we should listen | PennLive Editorial

Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial's keynote address at Pennsylvania's MLK banquet comes as rising Black unemployment and federal job cuts signal a dangerous rollback of hard-won progress that ...

Understanding Single-Family Zoning and Its Impact on Racial Segregation

Explore how single-family zoning influences housing segregation, limits property diversity, and impacts racial wealth gaps in ...
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These Jewish artists are searching for home — at America’s only Catholic historically Black university

Jewish exchange on campus — but the funding that brought Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen to New Orleans is running out.