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Racial gap widened in deaths among U.S. moms around the time of childbirth

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023

The Independent UK

Pregnancy is already deadlier for Black women. Abortion bans will only make it worse

THE A-WORD: Black women have worse pregnancy outcomes than any other racial group, being more likely to die in childbirth and more likely to have their babies die. Sheila Flynn and Alicja Hagopian report

The Independent UK

Fewer US women received early and adequate prenatal care last year – CDC

Decline in early prenatal care was accompanied by 5% rise in number of patients who received no prenatal care at all

The Guardian - US

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Los Angeles art exhibitions: the best shows to see in January 2025

Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from Cyberpunk at the Museum of Motion Pictures to a celebration of Brian DeGraw at James Fuentes

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Agonising delays for women as Dobbs decision worsens OB-GYN shortage

Supreme court ruling on abortion has led to specialists leaving restrictive states, with 36% of counties now maternity care deserts

The Guardian - US

Nutritional therapist recommends best foods to eat if you're having brain fog

A change in diet could help

Nottingham Post

South Sider recalls childhood before home was demolished, CTA’s grime-fighting campaign and more in your Chicago news roundup

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South Sider recalls life before the 100K tulips: ‘There was always music in the house’

Vivian Johnson lived in a six-flat at 52nd and Prairie in the Washington Park neighborhood until age 6. The building was destroyed and is today the site of a work by South Side artist Amanda Williams, but Johnson, 88, can still recall what it was like before.

Chicago Sun-Times

South Sider behind 100,000 blooming tulips: ‘It’s the artist who foretells the revolution’

Six months ago, artist Amanda Williams and a crew of volunteers planted the tulip bulbs to highlight systemic disinvestment. Now, the work, titled “Redefining Redlining,” is blooming.

Chicago Sun-Times

100,000 tulips: Chicago artist’s statement on redlining blooms on South Side

The tulips were planted by local residents and volunteers in October as part of a public work by Chicago artist Amanda Williams meant to redefine redlining. Six months later, they’re lighting up the previously vacant lots.

Chicago Sun-Times

MacArthur grant recipient's latest public work looks at the history of redlining through 100,000 red tulips

CHICAGO -- By spring, the intersection of 53rd Street and Prairie Avenue in Chicago will be awash in a sea of red tulips — 6 acres of them to be exact, planted Oct. 15 by artist Amanda Williams, 2022 MacArthur grant recipient, South Side residents, and the Emerald South Economic…

Chicago Tribune

100,000 tulip bulbs to be planted on South Side vacant lots

The public work orchestrated by Chicago artist Amanda Williams aims to redefine redlining in Washington Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

A scam involving mailed checks, 3 locals named MacArthur fellows and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

An ornithologist, a cellist and a human rights activist: the 2022 MacArthur Fellows

This year's MacArthur Fellows include scientists, artists and historians. The so-called MacArthur "geniuses" receive unrestricted grants of $800,000 for their "exceptional creativity" and "promise."

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3 Chicagoans honored as MacArthur fellows

A University of Chicago professor, a cellist and an artist are among the latest recipients of the MacArthur Foundation “genius grants.”

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Museum will preserve stories of public housing residents: ‘You don’t know where you’re going unless you know where you came from’

The Near West Side site will occupy the site of the former Jane Addams Homes and will use the last remaining building from that public housing complex.

Wales Online

Man says he lived in squalor among jungle of cannabis plants after being told his family would be killed

'We are talking about a sink with an old kettle and a pull-out bed'

Chicago Tribune

Chicago as a poem: The birthplace of slam poetry finally gets a contemporary anthology of poetry

CHICAGO — Some days the hardest thing in the world is explaining Chicago to someone not from Chicago. Other days, particularly when you already live here, the hardest thing is seeing the city clearly, as vast and varied, as larger than your block, your neighborhood or your ward. Hence, the…

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Who exactly are the Bridgend County Independents? The band of councillors hoping to run Labour close in the local elections in Bridgend

The Bridgend County Independents deflect claims that they are a political group - they often claim that party politics too often gets in the way of local government

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