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For Black Americans, wealth offers scant protection from pregnancy risks, scholar finds
Low-income Black women face higher risks of death in pregnancy — that’s accepted fact. But in a new book, UC Berkeley scholar Khiara M. Bridges shows the dangerous impact of interpersonal and structural racism even on wealthy Black mothers.
Research
Campus news
W. M. Keck Foundation Bridge Funding Initiative awards grants to seven faculty and their doctoral students
In a bid to offset recent sudden shifts in traditional funding mechanisms, the W. M. Keck Foundation has committed grants totaling $1.4M to seven pairs of faculty mentors and their Ph.D. student mentees at Berkeley.
Politics & society