Racism kills; and that is made abundantly clear with every Black life lost to police misconduct, environmental hazard, or stress-induced illness. But the slow crumbling of our health due to systemic ...

"Weathering" is a health phenomenon that refers to the process of being worn down by repeated exposure to stressors. Black Americans persistently fall victim the most to the effects of weathering. The ...

What is weathering? It describes how Black people experience early health deterioration due to stress caused by systemic racism. Learn more and how to heal. Arline Geronimus, ScD, is a professor of ...

Imagine for a moment that you’re a very silly 22-year-old driving through Florida sometime around 2009. You’re speeding down a road called Alligator Alley at approximately 92 miles an hour, which is ...

OPINION: Weathering is rooted in a history of marginalization; repeated exposure to socioeconomic adversity, political marginalization, racism, and perpetual discrimination that harms our health ...