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Dan Ross is an L.A.-based freelance journalist who has appeared in The Guardian, FairWarning, Newsweek, Salon, Alternet, and Truthout, among other outlets.
Experts hope new universal basic income programs and an innovative maternal center will help protect Black infants and mothers.
