Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Black Mothers and Children Die Because of Racist Medical “Science”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
10 Feb 2020
🖨️ Print Article

Centuries of medical experimentation on enslaved and free Blacks and scientifically erroneous assumptions about Black bodies have created “a crisis in Black maternal morbidity and infant mortality” in the US, said Deirdra Cooper-Owens, of the Humanities in Medicine Program at the University of Nebraska. The crisis is only now being recognized because “the chorus of protest is getting louder and louder.” Cooper-Owens is co-author of a paper titled “Black Maternal and Infant Health: Historical Legacies of Slavery.”

Black Health

Related Podcasts

Black Agenda Radio September 29, 2023
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio September 29, 2023
29 September 2023
In this week’s segment we discuss US policy towards African nations, Canada's revelations of Ukraine’s and its own connections with Nazis, and how
Abortion Services Under Attack After 47 Years of the Hyde Amendment
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Abortion Services Under Attack After 47 Years of the Hyde Amendment
29 September 2023
Shayla Walker is Executive Director of Our Justice, an abortion fund and advocacy group which provides di
Black Maternal Health
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Maternal Health
14 April 2023
Black Maternal Health week is April 11 through April 17.

More Stories


  • Hillary Busts Tulsiasha Gabbardskaya and Jillia Steinakanova: What Could Go Wrong?
    Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
    Hillary Busts Tulsiasha Gabbardskaya and Jillia Steinakanova: What Could Go Wrong?
    23 Oct 2019
    With their Russiagate fantasies, the Democrats have done infinitely more to delegitimize US institutions of governance than any foreign power could dream to accomplish.
  • Black Agenda Report’s 13th Anniversary: An Evening of Information and Inspiration for Liberation, and a Tribute to Co-Founder Bruce Dixon
    by BAR Staff
    Black Agenda Report’s 13th Anniversary: An Evening of Information and Inspiration for Liberation, and a Tribute to Co-Founder Bruce Dixon
    23 Oct 2019
    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-agenda-reports-13th-anniversary-tickets-72333259727
  • Neo-Con Chippendales
    BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
    Neo-Con Chippendales
    23 Oct 2019
    White phosphorus Pony, nuclear bumps and grinds; sulfur stench shimmies, twisted Third Reich minds— bending, ‘amending’ yellowed, ragged redacted pages
  • Chinese Revolution at 70: Twists and Turns, to What? 
    Horace G. Campbell
    Chinese Revolution at 70: Twists and Turns, to What? 
    23 Oct 2019
     At a time when propaganda almost totally obscures history, Dr Campbell provides an overview of China’s road to – socialism?
  • Letters from Our Readers 
    Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
    Letters from Our Readers 
    23 Oct 2019
    This week readers discuss lead-poisoned water in Newark and the the imperialist attack on Syria.  We share your letters for “
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us