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A doctor uses a hand-held Doppler probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of her fetus on Dec. 17, 2021, in Jackson, Mississippi. COVID-19 drove a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the U.S. last year, a crisis that has disproportionately claimed Black and Hispanic women as victims, according to a report released Oct. 19, 2022.

Inger Burnett-Zeigler: Stress is a silent killer for pregnant Black women

April 17, 2023 at 2:05 p.m.

"We don't take walk-ins," the receptionist at my obstetrician-gynecologist's office at a large academic medical center told me when I showed up without an appointment on a Friday afternoon and...

People gather in Jefferson Square awaiting word on charges against police officers on Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Commentary: How the Breonna Taylor decision traumatizes Black women

October 2, 2020 at 3:31 p.m.

The decision by a Kentucky grand jury not to charge any of the officers in the death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor has left many Black women, including myself, traumatized. We...

Hopelessness: A byproduct of violence in Chicago

May 11, 2019 at 3:52 a.m.

Along with many other South Side Chicago natives, I bemoan the detestable way President Donald Trump describes our beloved city as a "war zone." These characterizations do not reflect the...

Mental health in the black community: A matter of life or death

May 11, 2019 at 3:39 a.m.

Earlier this month, Rodney Harvey stabbed ex-girlfriend Julia Martin and then jumped from a window in her apartment on Chicago's South Side. They were pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital....

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