By Tarice L. S. Gray
In 2011, there were nearly 3 million breast cancer survivors in this country. Dee Dee Ricks is one of them. She’s the subject the HBO documentary “The Education of Dee Dee Ricks” which walks us through her treatment and charges that the health care system doesn’t play fair.

By Kenneth J. Cooper
A new report for the first time determines how many African Americans and Latinos depend on Medicaid, the state-federal program for the poor, to treat serious diseases or conditions.

By The Editors
The Census Bureau’s annual report on the status of Americans’ income, the number of Americans living in poverty, and the number of Americans without health insurance that was released last week did double duty.

By Tarice L.S. Gray
Obesity was common in Marlia Fambrough’s family. At gatherings in their native Cleveland, sizable portions of greens mixed with pork, and beef entrees helped some members of the close-knit group maintain their girth. But in 2005, Fambrough’s 49 year old mother suffered a massive stroke.

By Stacey Patton
The St. James Dispensary Riot of 1897 has been given no attention in the history books and most people have probably never heard anything about it.

By C. Nicole Mason
The new law will extend coverage to most of the 37 million uninsured, end discrimination for individuals with pre-existing conditions and tighten regulations for insurance companies. Missing from the legislation, however, is a clear plan to decrease health disparities and inequalities among African Americans.

By Maggie Astor
With the recent passage of a sweeping overhaul of the American health care system, the U.S. moves one step closer to joining the long list of countries that guarantee health care to all their citizens. But for all of the conservative furor surrounding the bill, it does not actually provide universal healthcare — according to the Congressional Budget Office, it will newly cover 32 million Americans, but will leave up to 23 million uninsured.

By Jackie Jones
President Obama signed the final revision of the Patients Protection and Affordable Care Act. Now, the real work on health care reform is just beginning.

By C. Nicole Mason Healthcare reform—check. Overhauling America’s economic infrastructure and financial regulatory system—in process. Immigration reform—in the pipeline. Closing the educational achievement gap—working on it. Shuttering Guantanamo Bay—delayed until further review. Ending the war in Iraq and repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell—both on the radar. Obama won election on a reformist platform. His ambitious [...]

By Joseph Bonica
The week of March 15, thousands of Tea Party activists from across the country descended on Capitol Hill for one last coordinated surge against “Obamacare” and to voice opposition against big government.