About this episode
The death of track star Tori Bowie has called attention to persistent racial health disparities in pregnancy and childbirth. On Today's Show: Linda Villarosa , writer at the New York Times Magazine and contributor to the bestselling 1619 Project and the author of Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation (Anchor, 2023), talks about why these disparities endure.