A pediatrician weighs in on the White House’s vaccine plan for young kids
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Alienating Black women from our bodies is a strategy for domination. Yet we continue to rise and resist.
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Alienating Black women from our bodies is a strategy for domination. Yet we continue to rise and resist.
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