Introduction -- Part I. Erasure, the erosion, and the withstanding -- Is working hard and playing by the rules the cure for what ails us? -- Stress and the human biological canvas -- Distressed genes and weathered cells -- Mothers and babies in jeopardy -- Collectively weathering weathering -- Killing us stealthily : the weathering effects of racialized social identity -- Weathering for success : age against the machine -- Social policy and the assault on Black family life -- Part II. Way forward -- Think biopsychosocially : address the stealth inequities that surround us -- Think holistically : transcend departments, compartments, and determinants -- Do not erase oppressed stakeholders : do nothing about us without us -- Reorient public health science and practice to better address the needs of working- and reproductive-age adults -- Recognize all our fates are linked.