When Atlanta lawyer Kim Anderson was pregnant with her first child, she did everything right: she ate a healthy diet, exercised, and got the best prenatal care. But her baby was born almost three months premature. This excerpt from When the Bough Breaks explores racism's impact on pregnancy outcomes.
The U.S. child poverty rate is by far the highest among rich nations. Children in poverty are 7 times more likely to be in poor or fair health than the rich.