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  • Oct 15, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Akilah Johnson |McKenzie Beard

    Listen9 minShareCommentSaveHi and hello! My name is Akilah Johnson, a national health reporter at The Post who covers the way racism and social inequality affect health. Recently, I wrote a story about the ways the movement to abolish DEI are threatening health equity efforts.

  • Oct 11, 2024 | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Akilah Johnson

    David R. Williams and Rachel Hardeman are population health researchers at different universities with one thing in common: Both have been added to a right-wing “watch list” for teaching about and researching the ways racism affects health.

  • Oct 11, 2024 | msn.com | Akilah Johnson

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  • Oct 11, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Akilah Johnson

    (C.E. for The Washington Post) By Akilah JohnsonOctober 11, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. EDTDavid R. Williams and Rachel Hardeman are population health researchers at different universities with one thing in common: Both have been added to a right-wing “watch list” for teaching about and researching the ways racism affects health.

  • Jun 8, 2024 | inquirer.com | Akilah Johnson

    A mild COVID infection at the start of the pandemic has thrown Jeanine Hays’s immune system out of whack, she said, as her husband ticked off ailments the way drug commercials list side effects. Chronic hives. Hair loss. Tinnitus. Severe nerve pain. Extreme fluctuations in blood pressure. Allergic reactions to synthetic fabrics and processed foods. In every room of their house, the couple keep an air purifier and EpiPen, both things theytravel with, too.

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Akilah Johnson
Akilah Johnson @akjohnson1922
6 Apr 25

Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad https://t.co/lfcTngdJli

Akilah Johnson
Akilah Johnson @akjohnson1922
11 Oct 24

My latest👉🏾Racism was called a health threat. Then came the DEI backlash. https://t.co/KzNcuyNFcB

Akilah Johnson
Akilah Johnson @akjohnson1922
30 Aug 24

RT @JaxAlemany: Tens of thousands of disabled people in the US are paid less than the minimum wage — w some making as little as 25 cents/ h…