Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Nationwide, black Americans live three years less than white Americans. In places with a history of segregation, that life-expectancy gap can be as much as twenty years. Staff writer Olga Khazan joins Matt Thompson, Alex Wagner, and Vann Newkirk to share the story of Kiarra Boulware, a young black woman from Baltimore whose struggles shed a light on how people living only a few miles apart have such disparate health prospects
Links
- “Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health” (Olga Khazan, July/August 2018 Issue
- “The 'Horrifying' Consequence of Lead Poisoning” (Olga Khazan…
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