Month: March 2019

In New Mexico’s Northern Pueblos, a New Generation of Doulas Are Redefining Childbirth for Their Community – Vogue

An intertribal network of women are training to be doulas and volunteers, strengthening cultural knowledge and healing generational trauma at the same time.

Source: In New Mexico’s Northern Pueblos, a New Generation of Doulas Are Redefining Childbirth for Their Community – Vogue

Tamarind Detox: Clear Your MIND and Pineal Gland from Fluoride – Gotta Do The Right Thing

A new study says that consuming tamarind has proven to be effective as a natural fluoride detox. (1) If your organism has excess fluoride, it may seriously harm your brain. Since this chemical is used

Source: Tamarind Detox: Clear Your MIND and Pineal Gland from Fluoride – Gotta Do The Right Thing

How America’s food giants swallowed the family farms | Environment | The Guardian

Across the midwest, the rise of factory farming is destroying rural communities. And the massive corporations behind this devastation are now eyeing a post-Brexit UK market

Source: How America’s food giants swallowed the family farms | Environment | The Guardian

Meet the warrior woman from Dahomey who trained Haitian revolutionary hero Dessalines – Face2Face Africa

Adbaraya Toya is celebrated as one of the bravest women in Haitian history for her great influence on the many that fought in the Haitian Revolution. Popularly known as Victoria Montou in Haiti, a name she is believed to have been given after arriving in Haiti from Africa to work as a slave like the…

Source: Meet the warrior woman from Dahomey who trained Haitian revolutionary hero Dessalines – Face2Face Africa

From Margin to Center: Sex Work Decriminalization is a Racial Justice Issue

Sex work is criminalized throughout the United States, typically as misdemeanor offenses. Similar to the way the Unites States treats and criminalizes drug use, the policing of sex work exacerbates stigma, compromises access to resources, justifies violence, and is steeped in racial disparities.

Source: From Margin to Center: Sex Work Decriminalization is a Racial Justice Issue

The True Story Of The Government’s Horrific Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments On US Citizens

The Tuskegee syphilis experiment, which began in 1932, is seen as one of the darkest moments in medical history, and one of the most evil US government experiments on humans. In the Tuskegee syphilis study, doctors at Tuskegee University were trying to find out more about syphilis. But …

Source: The True Story Of The Government’s Horrific Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments On US Citizens

Re-connecting with the Motherland: Rio de Janeiro hosts the largest collection of Yoruba art outside Africa – Black Women Of Brazil

Note from BW of Brazil: It must be acknowledged that when many black readers of the blog and black visitors to Brazil come to know […]

Source: Re-connecting with the Motherland: Rio de Janeiro hosts the largest collection of Yoruba art outside Africa – Black Women Of Brazil

National Association Of Black Journalists Calls Out CNN For Lack Of Black Representation | HuffPost

The organization has placed the network on a “special media monitoring list” to perform research and analysis of CNN’s diversity, inclusion and equity practices.

Source: National Association Of Black Journalists Calls Out CNN For Lack Of Black Representation | HuffPost