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Mourners light candles at a memorial outside of Tops market on May 16, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y. A gunman opened fire at the store on Monday, killing 10 people—Roberta A. Drury, 32; Margus D. Morrison, 52; Andre Mackneil, 53; Aaron Salter, 55; Geraldine Talley, 62; Celestine Chaney, 65; Heyward Patterson, 67; Katherine Massey, 72; Pearl Young, 77; and Ruth Whitfield, 86—and wounding another three. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

BY JACKSON KATZ | Most mainstream coverage about the horrific massacre in Buffalo has focused, quite rightly, on racism. But there is more to the story. The killer is not just a young white person. He is a young white man. For us to have any hope of preventing future such incidents, and effectively countering the belief systems and social forces that produced him and so many others, we need to understand the complex intersections of race and gender that lie at the heart of these ongoing tragedies.

As our fragile democracy faces growing threats from exactly the sort of right-wing terrorism on display last weekend in Buffalo, we ignore this gendered element at our peril.

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BY RICKEY GARD DIAMOND | Investing in weapons is like trusting in a house of cards: overdue for a universal collapse and destruction that seldom makes headlines. While the planet grows warmer and its climate more deadly, we’re adding to Earth’s refugee crisis by building and transporting more bloodshed.

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BY DANIELLE RENWICK | The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed countries, with nearly 24 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2020, according to national statistics. A recent report found a sharp increase in maternity-related deaths during the first year of the pandemic. The crisis is particularly acute for Black women, who are about three times more likely to die during pregnancy or shortly after birth than white women.
 
There are a range of factors that contribute to these disparities—among them, barriers to access to care, higher levels of stress owing to systemic racism and discrimination in the medical system that leads to poorer care. But experts are increasingly looking at climate-related environmental factors that also play a role in perpetuating the divide in maternal health.

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