The United States has the highest — yes, the highest — maternal mortality rates in the developed world. Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related issues than white women. That is in keeping with other sobering statistics of racial health inequities revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mary C. Curtis sits down with Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the task force on health equity. They discuss why Black people suffer disproportionately and what is being done to change the equation.

Show Notes:

• USDA and Black farmers
• “We can’t give in to Jan. 6”
• Righting economic wrongs of the past
• The tax lady cometh
• DNC Chair Jaime Harrison