Gun violence is a public health crisis
In the United States, gun violence is a major public health problem and a leading cause of premature death. Preventing death, disability and injury from gun violence requires a public health approach that involves data collection and surveillance, research to understand which policies and programs are effective in decreasing gun violence, initiatives to implement those measures that are shown to work and continued surveillance and evaluation.
The implications of Roe v wade
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Introduction
Women of color have much at stake in the June 2022 Supreme Court ruling in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The decision overturned the longstanding Constitutional right to abortion and eliminated federal standards on abortion access that had been established by earlier decisions in the cases, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Going forward, it will be up to each state to establish laws protecting or restricting abortion in the absence of a federal standard. State laws range from complete abortion bans with criminal penalties to abortion protections that include funding for clinics, and legal protections for clinicians. In some states, abortion provision will remain legal and available because the states have had policies in place prior to the Dobbs decision that protect access even in the absence of Roe. Another group of states do not have any explicit laws either upholding abortion rights or prohibiting abortion, and access to services is mixed in these states. Finally, since the Supreme Court ruling, several states have already outlawed provision of abortion services, and more states are expected to act in the coming weeks. These 17 states had policies in place prior to the decision that would effectively outlaw abortions soon after a ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. Many of these states are in the South, which has large shares of Black and Hispanic women, the Plains which has a large Indigenous population, and the Midwest. To obtain an abortion, women in states that prohibit abortions would likely have to travel out of state, which will result in disproportionate barriers to accessing abortions for people of color. READ MORE |
People of color in Ukraine are finding it
more difficult to leave
Some African citizens living in Ukraine have reported racist discrimination and abuse at the border as they try to flee the country amid the Russian invasion, NBC News reports.
Alexander Somto Orah, 25, was among thousands of people crowding a Kyiv train station Friday, hoping he and his friends could get to safety at the Polish border. Orah said officials wouldn’t allow the group of Africans to board trains out of the region.
"I said: ‘You say Ukrainians only, but I don’t see you checking passports. I see you picking white people only,’" Orah told NBC News. "The train was not filled before they left, but they never picked us."
Videos on social media have shown officials appearing to threaten to shoot groups of African students, a woman shielding an infant from the cold, officials chasing groups of people and people reported to be stranded in Ukraine.
Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Ministry called on relevant agencies to support foreign citizens but appeared to dismiss the reports of discrimination as Russian propaganda. Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs, tweeted Tuesday that Africans needed to evacuate the country safely.
Read the full story on NBCNews.com.
Alexander Somto Orah, 25, was among thousands of people crowding a Kyiv train station Friday, hoping he and his friends could get to safety at the Polish border. Orah said officials wouldn’t allow the group of Africans to board trains out of the region.
"I said: ‘You say Ukrainians only, but I don’t see you checking passports. I see you picking white people only,’" Orah told NBC News. "The train was not filled before they left, but they never picked us."
Videos on social media have shown officials appearing to threaten to shoot groups of African students, a woman shielding an infant from the cold, officials chasing groups of people and people reported to be stranded in Ukraine.
Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Ministry called on relevant agencies to support foreign citizens but appeared to dismiss the reports of discrimination as Russian propaganda. Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs, tweeted Tuesday that Africans needed to evacuate the country safely.
Read the full story on NBCNews.com.
People of Color Are Having a Harder Time Getting Out of Ukraine
As the death toll from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rises, tens of thousands of refugees have flooded out of the country, and images from the Ukrainian border show refugees in long lines waiting to leave. But amid the mass exodus, there are reports of racist encounters at the border, with the safety of white Ukrainian residents taking precedence over people of color.
Thousands of African and Indian students are trying to leave Ukraine and reportedly encountering what seems to be a de facto “Ukrainians first” policy that has guards sending Black and South Asian civilians to the back of lines, pulling them off of trains and buses to make room for white Ukrainians, and stranding them at the border for days. One student told CNN she saw guards violently preventing Indian men from passing through and pushing an Egyptian man so hard he was knocked unconscious.
Thousands of African and Indian students are trying to leave Ukraine and reportedly encountering what seems to be a de facto “Ukrainians first” policy that has guards sending Black and South Asian civilians to the back of lines, pulling them off of trains and buses to make room for white Ukrainians, and stranding them at the border for days. One student told CNN she saw guards violently preventing Indian men from passing through and pushing an Egyptian man so hard he was knocked unconscious.
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DECEMBER UPDATE: A Tale of Two Democracies
Will Voting Rights become Voting Privilege
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The Year in Review for Voting Rights: Five Achievements and Five Setbacks
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2020 Forced Americans to Confront the Reality of Racism.
In 2021, Many Looked Away
2022 races will put election integrity to the test
NEW REPORT: US Democracy Has Declined Significantly in the Past Decade, Reforms Urgently Needed
Measures to address racial injustice, special-interest influence, and partisan polarization should be among the top priorities.
..Today, Freedom House released a special report, From Crisis to Reform: A Call to Strengthen America’s Battered Democracy, which identifies three enduring problems that have undermined the health of the US political system: unequal treatment for people of color, the outsized influence of special interests in politics, and partisan polarization. This report comes in response to a decade-long decline in US democracy and is based in Freedom House’s global comparative research...
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Global hiv statistics37.7 million [30.2 million–45.1 million] people globally were living with HIV in 2020.
1.5 million [1.0 million–2.0 million] people became newly infected with HIV in 2020. 680 000 [480 000–1.0 million] people died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2020. 27.5 million [26.5 million–27.7 million] people were accessing antiretroviral therapy in 2020. 79.3 million [55.9 million–110 million] people have become infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic. 36.3 million [27.2 million–47.8 million] people have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic. |
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DO YOU KNOW ANYONE?In 2020, there were 37.7 million [30.2 million–45.1 million] people living with HIV.
- 36.0 million [28.9 million–43.2 million] adults. - 1.7 million [1.2 million–2.2 million] children (0–14 years). - 53% of all people living with HIV were women and girls. 84% [67–>98%] of all people living with HIV knew their HIV status in 2020. About 6.1 million [4.9 million–7.3 million] people did not know that they were living with HIV in 2020. 
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"I'm A Black Mother And Educator. Here’s Why I Let My Kids Read Racist Books."
“While I struggled with the denouncement of books like ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘Little House on the Prairie,’ I also found myself experiencing an awakening.”
It was just after the news broke about Dr. Seuss that I pulled my kids onto the living room couch for family read-aloud time. I decided that we were going to read Dr. Seuss’ “And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street.” I cradled the book in my hands, feeling very much like I was palming explosive contraband.
The kids settled in on either side of me. My youngest, my sensitive 9-year-old son, snuggled close to my chest. My 15-year-old daughter raised her eyebrows as she looked down at my choice of books. She was aware of the announcement from the Dr. Seuss Foundation that it would be effectively “canceling” six of the author’s books due to their racist imagery.
“Sit down,” I said, patting the cushion beside me.
She did so wearily, crossing her arms. She was used to family nights where we would either play a board game, watch a movie or read a book, but she was apprehensive about this book.
“Don’t worry, I’ll explain,” I told her. (click the link below to read more)
The kids settled in on either side of me. My youngest, my sensitive 9-year-old son, snuggled close to my chest. My 15-year-old daughter raised her eyebrows as she looked down at my choice of books. She was aware of the announcement from the Dr. Seuss Foundation that it would be effectively “canceling” six of the author’s books due to their racist imagery.
“Sit down,” I said, patting the cushion beside me.
She did so wearily, crossing her arms. She was used to family nights where we would either play a board game, watch a movie or read a book, but she was apprehensive about this book.
“Don’t worry, I’ll explain,” I told her. (click the link below to read more)
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