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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/04/2026

NEW: Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others. But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and staff, interviews show. W/ @kentucky.com www.propublica.org/article/kent...

Image of a ProPublica headline that reads "They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud." The headline is illustrated with a pair of hands holding a miniature rehab center. One hand is dropping a small human through the top of the building. From the bottom of the building, a $100 bill emerges.

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Asha Immanuelle @asha617.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I am grieving on #Juneteenth. My cousin Tai died on Sunday in a hospital room where dignity was absent and compassion was optional. She was 53. This is what freedom delayed still looks like for Black families in America. Tai deserved better. We all do.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

A photo of Viola Ford Fletcher with her hands clasped

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/05/2025

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

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Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis

While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...

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Asha Immanuelle @asha617.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

When Ella was 2 I made a decision to live as my full queer self. I gave my daughter the gift of a mother who honors truth. She graduates w. that truth. I raised her in the midst of religious condemnation, economic abuse, and emotional isolation. Yet I still raised her with light freedom & options.✊🏾

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Civic Action Hub of Maryland @civicactionhubmd.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

HHS is carrying out an illegal Reduction-in-Force (RIF), bypassing the unions, ignoring transparency, and violating procedure. This is taxpayer-funded waste and fraud that affects EVERYONE, so anyone can file a complaint with HHS Office of the Inspector General. 1/16 Here’s how: Tips.oig.hhs.gov

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Asha Immanuelle @asha617.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

open.spotify.com/track/2op7tT... My wife was ‘rif-‘fired’ from 25 years of faithful civil service today. America, you will miss her service.

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Asha Immanuelle @asha617.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The world is crazy but we leaned all the way into joy anyway. My youngest baby girl, Ella, is off to senior prom. We made it y’all! ❤️❤️

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Dr Slaughter-Acey @drslaughter99.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

🧵It’s #BlackMaternalHealthWeek -a time to center Black moms & a need for action. I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated. #MedSky #EpiSky

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/04/2025

More than 20,000 stillbirths occur in the U.S. each year, but 1 in 4 may be preventable. Listen as reporter @deldeib.bsky.social breaks down her investigation on this public health crisis.

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Black Mamas Matter Alliance @blackmamasmatter.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

New CDC data shows a 12% rise in preterm birth over the past decade—Black women continue to face the highest rates. This is a justice issue. Bold policies like paid leave & EITC work—and our Alliance Partners are bringing that change to life on the ground. #BMHW25 #PretermBirth #BirthJustice

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Asha Immanuelle @asha617.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

My daughter, Maya, and I got our 2025 Atl Black Maternal Health Walk & Block Party ON today! #BMHW25

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Black Mamas Matter Alliance @blackmamasmatter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

#BMHW25 is HERE! 🎉 Join BMMA, Inc. as we kick off our 8th year uplifting Black Mamas & mobilizing for change under the theme: Healing Legacies. Don’t miss today’s Virtual Pep Rally: Black Maternal Health in Your Neighborhood! 💜 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/bmhw25rally #ReproJustice

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

boosting because good and we need more good

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved

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Dr Slaughter-Acey @drslaughter99.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

We don't have to convince anyone of anything anymore. It's all out in the open. For good and bad.

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Camille A. Clare MD MPH @cclaremdmph.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

FYI: Go into your Social Security account & download a hard copy of your LIFETIME WORK RECORD!!!! It is really easy to do. Here is the information: Go to: the ssa.gov website. At the top of the page you want the category: CARD & RECORD Go down to PERSONAL RECORD Print out your EARNINGS RECORD

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The United States Social Security Administration | SSA

Official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 18/03/2025

"While there are still state and federal laws that outlaw segregation and discrimination that companies need to comply with, legal experts say this change to contracts across the federal government is significant." www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

You will feel SO much better and more energized & inspired watching this extraordinary array of voices giving the “State of the People,” than watching Trump’s performance. stateofthepeople.media It’s really great. This organic effort has been pulled together in 48 hours and it is fire!

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State of the People | 24 Hour Marathon

The State of the People is a 24-hour livestream where we will center the truth for the people instead of letting disinformation go unchecked.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Not even "health-related social needs" interventions are safe

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Look at this leader. Lift her up.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

#BlackHistoryMonth: The Father of Environmental Justice Exposes the Geography of Inequity. America is segregated and so is pollution. We have the science, research, data and facts. But that's not enough. We must marry them to action. Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

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The Father of Environmental Justice Exposes the Geography of Inequity

Robert D. Bullard reflects on the movement he helped to create

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing

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Asha Immanuelle @asha617.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Homophobia wrapped in Christian love (love the sinner, hate the sin talk) is still homophobia. Some of my family members don’t understand intersectionality… still. I can’t embrace your outrage against fascism in this way.

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Uché Blackstock, MD @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A survey by the Commonwealth Fund reveals that 40% of U.S. physicians acknowledge racial discrimination in healthcare, with half reporting that patients have shared similar experiences, highlighting significant racial inequities and the need for systemic reforms. www.techtarget.com/patientengag...

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 30/01/2025

Women deserve to know the TRUTH about the impact of Texas' total abortion ban. Today, I along with Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Summer Lee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent ANOTHER letter calling on Texas to explain why it won't release maternal mortality data from the past 2 years after Dobbs.

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 29/01/2025

Obligatory reminder that Maslow deserves zero apologies whatsoever, as that white man had the unmitigated gall to steal credit from Blackfoot communities, & still got the message wrong with his hierarchy of needs, so please stop reinforcing his epic failure! 👀 www.pacesconnection.com/g/tribal-com...

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Ravilochan: Maslow Got It Wrong

Some months ago, I was catching up with my dear friend and board member, Roberto Rivera . As an entrepreneur and community organizer with a doctorate and Lin-Manuel-Miranda-level freestyle abilities, ...

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Asha Immanuelle @asha617.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

My nest is emptying. My 3rd child of 4 moved into her own place this weekend. Maya, is flying the coop into her own life adventures. Fly high, Daughter-Dear. Home will always be your safe place. 💜

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

There should be a mandatory orientation for perimenopause.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 26/01/2025

This is true at scale. A study found that Black profiles on LinkedIn are 13% less likely to have their connection request accepted as compared to white profiles. There is also work by sociologists David Pedulla and Devah Pager that shows that job network formation is racialized. #econsky #blacksky

LinkedOut? A Field Experiment on Discrimination in Job Network Formation Get access Arrow
Yulia Evsyukova®, Felix Rusche®, Wladislaw Mill
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 140, Issue 1, February 2025, Pages 283–334, https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjae035
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We assess the impact of discrimination on Black individuals’ job networks across the United States using a two-stage field experiment with 400+ fictitious LinkedIn profiles. In the first stage, we vary race via AI-generated images only and find that Black profiles’ connection requests are 13% less likely to be accepted. Based on users’ CVs, we find widespread discrimination across social groups. In the second stage, we exogenously endow Black and white profiles with the same networks and ask connected users for career advice. We find no evidence of direct discrimination in information provision. However, when taking into account differences in the composition and size of networks, Black profiles receive substantially fewer replies. Our findings suggest that gatekeeping is a key driver of Black–white disparities.

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A Black woman named Aliyah was struggling to find work. So, she catfished herself and made a fake profile on LinkedIn named "Emily." Emily had the same qualifications as Aliyah but received 57.9% of interview invites while Aliyah received 8.9% This is what we mean when we say racism is systemic.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Allowing ICE in hospitals when H5N1 surveillance is a public health priority (one that must center migrant workers in agriculture) will only hamper pandemic prevention efforts

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Asha Immanuelle @asha617.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Y’all, I made water aerobics class at my local Y today and leaned into so much joy! 17 Black women worked out hard together in the water, jamming to throwbacks while cheering each other on. It was the right kind of carrying on that my soul needed right now. #blackgirlmagic

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poster that says sisterhood is medicine that we take for life

ALT: poster that says sisterhood is medicine that we take for life

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Asha Immanuelle @asha617.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

My last #tiktok scroll was of Evangelist Cottom #2025

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I... need to finish my morning chai.

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Asha Immanuelle @asha617.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

While I’m sad that my home state of GA did not apply, I’m excited for the 15 states about to start the 10 year journey to transform #maternalhealth through a midwifery and whole person care model. #populationhealth

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing." The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care. One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:

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When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance

In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...

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Dr. Ellen Fink-Samnick DBH, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, FCM @drel-dbh.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

OK #MaternalHealthWARRIORS TY #FCCconnect for this maternal health map that overlays data about broadband internet access with maternal health outcomes/ indicators of food insecurity, gestational diabetes. hypertension. c2h.fcc.gov/broadband-he... #HealthEquity #PublicHealth @asha617.bsky.social

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Mapping Broadband Health in America - Connect2Health FCC

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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs. Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this? #PHEthx

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Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision

The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...

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