5 Ways Running Can Change Your Life
The runner’s high is real, but there are right ways and wrong ways to chase that feeling.
Why We’re Launching ‘Black Health Matters’
The inequalities African Americans battle are plenty and severe — but the widening health gap is arguably among one of the most crucial and inadequately...
Secondhand Smoke Is Making Us and Our Children Sick
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows twice as many African-American adults and children are exposed to toxic smoke at our jobs,...
Why Black Women Should Still Get a Mammogram Starting at Age 40, Not 50
New federal guidelines recommending mammograms at age 50 have alarmed breast-cancer activists, who say African-American women are at higher risk at a younger age and...
Black Women With Low Income Levels At Greater Risk For Heart Disease, Stroke
(Reuters Health) – Among African American adults with low education and income levels, the increase in risk of heart disease or stroke associated with living...
The Night I Spoke Up About My #BlackSuicide
By Terrell J Starr on March 22, 2015 My entire life was shaped by violence, so I wanted to end it violently. But I didn’t...


