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Can You Get Abortion Pills At Your Local Pharmacy Now?
The FDA just announced a major change about how abortion medication can be dispersed. Here, we break down the six things you need to know about the decision.
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COVID Isn’t Over Folks. Here’s How to Help Protect Yourself
The COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing. Here's everything you should know about new variants and how to mitigate risk as we head into the holidays.
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The Infant Formula Crisis Could Hit Black Families Hardest
Research shows fewer Black women choose to breastfeed their babies exclusively, leaving them to rely on formula as a nutritional supplement.
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The Funk Boutique: New Curated Collabs for the Summer Season
Tracee Ellis Ross has got it goin’ on. The award-winning actress, CEO and all-around cultural icon is unapologetically Black, sparks radical joy within the madness, and puts it out there for anyone who wants to enjoy her infectious energy. Though Black-ish and Mixed-ish are coming to an end, there will be no shortage of Tracee…
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'If You Fail, It's Everybody's Failure': Bozoma Saint John Pens Op-Ed Calling Out the Double Standard Facing Black Women
To be young, gifted and Black is a decades-long mantra, thanks in large part to the legacies of Lorraine, Nina and Aretha. To be gifted, Black and a woman is a different legacy, earned at an intersection often filled with contradictions, microaggressions and challenges to your very legitimate and hard-earned wins; a trajectory illustrated by…
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The City of Milwaukee Approves $750,000 Settlement for Former Bucks Player Sterling Brown in Police Misconduct Case
In 2018, NBA player Sterling Brown was tackled to the ground and tased by Milwaukee police officers. His crime? Double parking. Three years later, the city has approved a settlement worth $750,000 for the former Bucks athlete. According to CBS News, the motion was unanimously passed in a 14-0 vote by the city’s Common Council.…
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CDC, FDA to Stop Using Johnson & Johnson Vaccine at Federal Sites After 6 People Suffer Blood Clots
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will stop using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at federal sites and are encouraging states to do the same amid news that six people experienced a rare blood disorder within two weeks of vaccination, with one of them dying and…
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Starbucks COO Roz Brewer Will Be the New CEO of Walgreens—and the Only Black Female CEO in the Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 will soon be gaining a new CEO—and it will be a Black woman. On Tuesday, Business Insider (BI) was among several outlets to report that Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Rosalind “Roz” Brewer will soon be the new CEO of Walgreens. Starbucks confirmed Brewer’s departure on Tuesday, at the time only disclosing that…
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Black Women Accuse Walgreens of Racial Profiling After Being Followed Around Store, Stopped by Officers After Paying for Items
Is there anywhere black people can go where they won’t be harassed? Wakanda doesn’t count because technically it’s fictional. Two black women are accusing a Walgreens in Miramar, Fla. (of course it’s Florida), of racially profiling them after they had their bags searched upon leaving the store after paying for their items. Crystal Davis and…
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Okla. Man Hurls Racial Slurs, Smashes in Black Motorist's Rear Windshield: Report
A black motorist in Oklahoma was the target of a violent incident that ended in her being called racial slurs and having her back windshield smashed in, Fox23 reports. According to the report, Rhonda Johnson was driving with a friend on the Muskogee Turnpike from Tulsa to Muskogee when they noticed another vehicle following them. Johnson,…