Black Health

My Cancer Crisis! How Mistrust of the Medical System and Poor Insurance Coverage Forced Me to Clarify My Purpose as a Black Immigrant Woman By Claire Jones ‘There are a number of ways to design a health care system so that everyone gets the care they need, and even have it be cheaper and with better results compared to our current system.” — Jonathan D. Walker, M.D. pnhp.org Our mission at Sista Creatives Rising…

What is it like to live with a healthy body and all your organs function the way they are supposed to? I would imagine it must be nice to not have a dark cloud lingering over you with every thought, move or bite you make. I say I imagine because…

Simply put, focus on your health and well-being now! Here are 3 key steps to improve your health and therefore, your wealth! We know from the COVID-19 pandemic that our health can impact our wealth. Missing annual exams, insurance and healthcare costs and sadly burial expenses can impact your wallet…

If you ever met Highland Leader Katara McCarty, you know about her infectious smile and healing spirit. You also know she’s a passionate advocate for redefining wealth with well-being at the center. …

There is a Black maternal and infant health crisis plaguing the United States of America. It’s so easy for us to passively consume this issue, be unphased or even numb because we see this problem on TV, a post on Instagram or in a news story. However, this is not…

Gym culture has proliferated so quickly that you’d think a memo encouraging young people to prepare for battle was emailed to the world. Twenty-somethings are pouring out their weight in sweat trying to deadlift twice their weight. …

2022 ushered in yet another iteration of high-profile, mass Black death. Ian Alexander, 26 — musician and son of Regina King Moses J. Moseley, 31 — actor, Walking Dead Cheslie Kryst, 30 — attorney and Miss USA 2019 Kevin Ward, 44- second Black and first openly-gay Mayor of Hyattsville, MD …