Brandy Markis
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Data-driven, equity-minded humanist | Fighting harmful narratives, building better systems | Awesomely Autistic | Powered by music, coffee, and curiosity | Making kindness cool 😎
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SNAP is back, but millions of Americans could lose benefits due to new restrictions
Just as SNAP benefits were reinstated for millions of Americans following the reopening of the federal government, many are now set to permanently lose them.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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I have had some horrible experiences as a woman when it comes to healthcare, but when I was in labor, I was not treated that way. At a little BFE hospital in GA, of all places. This is not only an affront to medicine but to humanity, and it needs to end, like yesterday
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I have had some horrible experiences as a woman when it comes to healthcare, but when I was in labor, I was not treated that way. At a little BFE hospital in GA, of all places. This is not only an affront to medicine but to humanity, and it needs to end, like yesterday
The viral video only heightens the point in real time: a lack of urgency and concern leads to worse outcomes when they are entirely preventable.
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The viral video only heightens the point in real time: a lack of urgency and concern leads to worse outcomes when they are entirely preventable.
Data 📊
CDC 2023 Maternal Mortality Data
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/he...
CDC 2022 Maternal Mortality Data
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/he...
CDC - Preventing pregnancy related deaths
www.cdc.gov/maternal-mor...
Axios - Maternal deaths drop — except for Black women
www.axios.com/2025/02/06/b...
CDC 2023 Maternal Mortality Data
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/he...
CDC 2022 Maternal Mortality Data
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/he...
CDC - Preventing pregnancy related deaths
www.cdc.gov/maternal-mor...
Axios - Maternal deaths drop — except for Black women
www.axios.com/2025/02/06/b...
Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2022
National Center for Health Statistics
www.cdc.gov
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Data 📊
CDC 2023 Maternal Mortality Data
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/he...
CDC 2022 Maternal Mortality Data
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/he...
CDC - Preventing pregnancy related deaths
www.cdc.gov/maternal-mor...
Axios - Maternal deaths drop — except for Black women
www.axios.com/2025/02/06/b...
CDC 2023 Maternal Mortality Data
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/he...
CDC 2022 Maternal Mortality Data
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/he...
CDC - Preventing pregnancy related deaths
www.cdc.gov/maternal-mor...
Axios - Maternal deaths drop — except for Black women
www.axios.com/2025/02/06/b...
Every advocate, clinician, policy‐maker, and community organizer needs to hold this visible because childbirth shouldn’t be a systemic hazard — especially not when race is the risk factor.
#MaternalHealth #HealthEquity #BlackMaternalHealth #PublicHealth #HealthJustice
#MaternalHealth #HealthEquity #BlackMaternalHealth #PublicHealth #HealthJustice
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Every advocate, clinician, policy‐maker, and community organizer needs to hold this visible because childbirth shouldn’t be a systemic hazard — especially not when race is the risk factor.
#MaternalHealth #HealthEquity #BlackMaternalHealth #PublicHealth #HealthJustice
#MaternalHealth #HealthEquity #BlackMaternalHealth #PublicHealth #HealthJustice
Why it matters 🧐
This disparity isn’t about “bad luck” or individual choices. It’s about:
👉🏼 Unequal access to quality maternity care
👉🏼 Implicit biases in how Black women’s concerns are taken (or not) seriously
👉🏼 Systemic structures that treat Black bodies as less urgent, visible, and valuable.
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This disparity isn’t about “bad luck” or individual choices. It’s about:
👉🏼 Unequal access to quality maternity care
👉🏼 Implicit biases in how Black women’s concerns are taken (or not) seriously
👉🏼 Systemic structures that treat Black bodies as less urgent, visible, and valuable.
👇🏼
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Why it matters 🧐
This disparity isn’t about “bad luck” or individual choices. It’s about:
👉🏼 Unequal access to quality maternity care
👉🏼 Implicit biases in how Black women’s concerns are taken (or not) seriously
👉🏼 Systemic structures that treat Black bodies as less urgent, visible, and valuable.
👇🏼
This disparity isn’t about “bad luck” or individual choices. It’s about:
👉🏼 Unequal access to quality maternity care
👉🏼 Implicit biases in how Black women’s concerns are taken (or not) seriously
👉🏼 Systemic structures that treat Black bodies as less urgent, visible, and valuable.
👇🏼
🔹 In 2023, Black women died at a rate of 50.3 per 100,000 births; more than 3 times the rate for White women (14.5).
🔹In 2022, the gap was 49.5 vs. 19.0 per 100,000.
🔹These are not just numbers: these are real people whose lives are being cut short. In too many cases, it is a preventable tragedy.
👇🏼
🔹In 2022, the gap was 49.5 vs. 19.0 per 100,000.
🔹These are not just numbers: these are real people whose lives are being cut short. In too many cases, it is a preventable tragedy.
👇🏼
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🔹 In 2023, Black women died at a rate of 50.3 per 100,000 births; more than 3 times the rate for White women (14.5).
🔹In 2022, the gap was 49.5 vs. 19.0 per 100,000.
🔹These are not just numbers: these are real people whose lives are being cut short. In too many cases, it is a preventable tragedy.
👇🏼
🔹In 2022, the gap was 49.5 vs. 19.0 per 100,000.
🔹These are not just numbers: these are real people whose lives are being cut short. In too many cases, it is a preventable tragedy.
👇🏼
He is not as good of a liar as he thinks he is.
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
He is not as good of a liar as he thinks he is.
Will they listen? Likely not. At least not right away.
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Will they listen? Likely not. At least not right away.
Different faith. Different era. Same underlying fear. 😮💨
We keep proving that #bigotry doesn’t retire, it just updates its talking points.
But what do I know? I am just your friendly neighborhood Secular Humanist with no horse in this race. 💅🏼
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
We keep proving that #bigotry doesn’t retire, it just updates its talking points.
But what do I know? I am just your friendly neighborhood Secular Humanist with no horse in this race. 💅🏼
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, in a historic victory for progressives
Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
www.npr.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Different faith. Different era. Same underlying fear. 😮💨
We keep proving that #bigotry doesn’t retire, it just updates its talking points.
But what do I know? I am just your friendly neighborhood Secular Humanist with no horse in this race. 💅🏼
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
We keep proving that #bigotry doesn’t retire, it just updates its talking points.
But what do I know? I am just your friendly neighborhood Secular Humanist with no horse in this race. 💅🏼
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
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What Americans think about Trump's management of the government, according to a new AP-NORC poll
A new AP-NORC poll finds U.S. adults’ opinions of how President Donald Trump is managing the federal government have dropped sharply since early in his second term, highlighting the risks posed by the...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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