Imagine being a Black washerwoman in Florida in the early part of last century. You’re washing the laundry of the white ...

The Colson was more than a boarding house. For the city’s Black residents and visitors during segregation, it offered ...

An interview with the author of a new book documenting the brutalities of childbirth in the post- Dobbs era.

Every year, a group of Oregon health care professionals gathers for a grim exercise — reviewing every case in which a mother ...

Black women face alarming disparities in healthcare, including maternal mortality and neglected care during labor. Systemic ...

Women who have a doula are 47% less likely to have a cesarean delivery and a 29% lower chance of having a preterm delivery, ...

These two recent cases are bringing renewed attention to the treatment of Black pregnant women and igniting conversations around medical racism.

Steps such as Medicaid expansion, extended postpartum coverage and loosening restrictions on CNMs, are considered promising efforts.

For too many Black mothers in St. Louis, pregnancy and childbirth carry risks that should never exist. Black women in Missouri are 2.5 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications ...

The attempt to discredit black economic empowerment is about material self-interest and a sense of entitlement to historical ...

The state's registry of over 1,000 doulas connects families with trained professionals who provide non-clinical support ...