Born and raised in Memphis, Ms. April M and her 13-year-old son have lived in the Shelby County community for their entire lives....

A 44-year-old Hispanic woman with private health insurance wrote TJC to about the racial discrimination that she has experienced while...

Cynthia Baker has been legally blind her entire life, perhaps due to her mother’s measles during pregnancy. Her husband Ricky is also...

Beronica Lewis, age 31, shares her experience getting the COVID-19 vaccine. She explains, "I got vaccinated because of the regulations of...

Amber Sherman, a 26-year-old Black woman, wrote TJC about the racial discrimination that she’s experienced as a person of color. She has...

At night, Anita’s oxygen level plummets. It’s hard for her to breathe. Save for a few months last year, Anita has endured a lack of...

A 62-year-old Black woman shared her experiences with health injustices. She pays monthly premiums for private health insurance through...

“I did not plan for that heart attack. I didn’t wake up one day and think, ‘I’ll show them! I’ll just have me a heart attack.’” Bruce...

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