Structural racism in the U.S. is killing the black body


Simone Landrum getting a prenatal massage. Credit LaToya Ruby Frazier for The New York Times

Maternal mortality rates among Black women are extraordinarily high in the U.S. Additionally, according to the March of Dimes, Black women experience premature births at a rate that is 49% higher than any other group.

Read this stunning piece from Linda Villarosa featured in the New York Times Magazine (April 11, 2018).

Heat waves are America’s deadliest weather disaster.

A man wipes sweat from his face July 10, 2007 in New York City. New York City is experiencing a second day of a heat wave with temperatures in the upper 90`s and uncomfortable humidity levels. 
(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Heat waves are quickly becoming one of the world’s deadliest weather phenomena. In the United States, extreme heat now kills more people each year than tornadoes, hurricanes, or flooding. And a massive heat wave, like the one that hit Europe in 2003, can kill tens of thousands in a blow.

Art project on Pain and Addiction in Philly

Kensington Blues by Jeffrey Stockbridge
10% of all sales go directly to Prevention Point Philadelphia

Kensington Blues is a fine-art photography book documenting the those affected by drug addiction and prostitution along Kensington Avenue in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ninety-one large-format color photographs paired with audio transcripts and handwritten journal entries, created over a period of 5 years, tell the personal stories of those fighting to survive their addiction and the neighborhood.