Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten.

Coming up on the Georgia Health Report, many states rolling out new work rules for Medicaid say they’ll need additional staff to ensure enrollees don’t lose access to benefits.

Juliette Gordon Low was the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA. She was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1860. After meeting the founder of the Boy Scouts in 1912, she became committed to the idea of bringing scouting to girls and promoting more egalitarian gender roles.

Coming up on the Georgia Health Report, as Atlanta prepares for the FIFA World Cup this summer, how agencies are fighting public health risks.

Across Africa, rites of passage are considered basic and essential for social development and wellbeing.

Lillian Smith was a writer and social activist who lived most of her adult life in Clayton, Georgia. Born in 1897 into a prosperous white family, she was unafraid to take controversial positions on race and gender equality.

Many oral dominated African cultures transfer knowledge mostly by word of mouth.

Coming up on the Georgia Health Report, we look at Georgia’s debate over licensing midwives. Host Emma Auer sit down with Renuka Rayasam, a reporter for KFF Health News in Atlanta.

In 1916, Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, representing Montana. At the time she was elected, women in most other states were not able to vote.

Coming up on the Georgia Health Report, federal and state laws try to ensure that mental health care is covered by insurers the same way physical health is covered.