Melanin Bliss
The Archive
Open enrollment, voting rules and benefit notices are approaching. Here is what Black and Brown households should check now.
Sep 24, 2026The weekend's biggest story for POC wasn't what occurred at CBC, it's what happened at the White House, & what's coming for millions of families' health coverage in 6 weeks.
Sep 21, 2026A conference can create momentum. The real test is what gets funded, implemented, measured and changed.
Sep 21, 2026
Health equity is not one panel. It is the outcome of every decision about who gets protected, funded, counted and heard.
Sep 18, 2026A weekend of momentum, and a week built around one question: who decides a Black body is worth believing, funding, and seeing?
Sep 14, 2026New York's 80-hour Medicaid rule starts Jan 1. Nebraska already cut people. Update your address this week.
Aug 19, 2026They keep raising the price of staying alive and asking us to applaud. So we name it, source it, and hand you the receipts.
Aug 14, 2026Midweek: heart and hustle, and one word — autonomy. Own your care, own your dollar, own your vote.
Aug 12, 2026Maternal mortality stalled. AI bias oversight rolled back quietly. This week: Open Note, a new Deep Dive, and Friday's investigation
Aug 4, 2026MID-WEEK DEEP DIVE: ERASED BLUEPRINT:
Jul 29, 2026Why Healthcare AI Vendor Relationships Hide From Open Payments and What That Means for Black Patients
Jul 27, 2026One Black woman poured into another on the Met Gala carpet — nineteen days before the one-year mark of a loss most of the country never saw.
Jul 21, 2026