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Eight women sit at a table speaking on a panel about interdisciplinary collaboration at conference on Black maternal health in Charlotte

Health Inequities

Reducing maternal death rates for Black women will take concerted, cooperative action

by Rachel Crumpler April 16, 2024

An incarcerated father wearing a green jumpsuit sits at a table with his son playing Connect 4.

Over 20,000 children in NC have a parent who’s incarcerated. A handful of them visited prison for a day of bonding and connecting.

by Rachel Crumpler April 15, 2024April 15, 2024

Shows a crowd of people standing hold up signs, some read, "Abortion is health care" another reads "I don't call ending a human life healthcare." One pregnant woman stands in the middle of the crowd, her belly exposed with the words "Human too" written on it.

U.S. Supreme Court justices heard a case on abortion pills Tuesday. How could their ruling affect North Carolina?

by Rachel Crumpler March 27, 2024March 28, 2024

prison barbed wire fence

Formerly incarcerated at higher risk of suicide — even years after prison release, study finds

by Rachel Crumpler March 21, 2024

A shelf with three boxes of bright colored Opill boxes that contain daily oral contraceptive pills

First over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S. expands access to contraception

by Rachel Crumpler March 14, 2024March 26, 2024

A community health worker meets with a formerly incarcerated person with a serious mental illness in a clinic room to discuss needs and goals

FIT Wellness transforms lives with reentry support for formerly incarcerated people with serious mental illness

by Rachel Crumpler March 6, 2024