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A graduate of Stanford University, Sojourner Ahebee’s writing has been published in The Atlantic, The Academy of American Poets (Poem A Day), Ploughshares and elsewhere. Sojourner is a recipient of a 2019 MacDowell Fellowship.

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Suicide risk among Black and LGBTQ youth is rising. A new center will study why

Penn Medicine researchers were recently awarded a $14 million grant to launch Penn Innovation in Suicide Prevention Implementation Research.

By Sojourner Ahebee/WHYY

VA patients of color less likely to be prescribed blood thinners for a common cardiac issue, study shows

Researchers found that Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native patients were less likely to receive newer and more effective — and now standard-of-care — blood thinners.

By Sojourner Ahebee/WHYY

Lack of diversity in clinical trials has hurt patients of color. A new program aims to change that

According to the most recent Food and Drug Administration data on clinical trial participation, close to 80% of people taking part in the United States are white.

By Sojourner Ahebee/WHYY

Philly students secure historical marker commemorating 1967 school walkout notorious for Rizzo brutality

During the walkout, over 3,000 Philadelphia students protested racial injustice within the education system.

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