A new national study finds that older Black adults experience significantly higher fear of displacement in gentrifying neighborhoods, even when they remain in place, due to rising housing costs, shifting cultural landscapes and the legacy of structural racism. Researchers warn that these fears function as a health stressor and call for policies that address racial disparities and support aging residents in rapidly changing communities.
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We celebrate Juneteenth, but Baltimore County residents want more
Juneteenth is a celebration of the abolition of slavery in the United States, and it is important to put real action behind the celebrations by addressing systemic racism and implementing equity and social justice policies and practices.
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To improve our health, change our story
By Joseph Williams, Word In Black From disproportionately high rates of chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes to women being three times more likely to die during childbirth than Whites, the data confirms a simple, indisputable, alarming fact: Being Black in America is hazardous to your health. Multiple studies have shown that structural racism — […]