Tag: Struggle

What’s the language of love? Depends on whom you ask. I’ve heard countless times that French is. It never fails to surprise me. For French speakers, the language of love is either Spanish or Italian. All Romance languages. They share the same mother language, Latin. But their...

I volunteered as a candy striper. I went to a fine university and medical school. Pennies were pinched to make tuition payments. I gave up the trips to the beach and the family vacations. Along the way, I learned the classic methods of conducting a history and physical exam. I bought the fancy steth...

I also recognize wholeheartedly the struggle of all the non-white folks who have found themselves encircled by a dominant culture that punishes them for expressing who they are. I am saying that growing up with that privilege has diminished my capability for empathy, healthy expression ...

Ina case of "mistaken identity," California police officers pulled over Shanice Stewart, a pregnant mother, who was taking her 8-year-old son, Brandon, to football practice on October 17th. After complying with their demand that she toss her keys out the window and walk toward them slowly ...

As antiracist health scholars, practitioners, and advocates, our fundamental mission is to dismantle structural racism and actively challenge social injustices that undermine population health. We follow in the praxis of our predecessors who identify that the remedy to inequities in health...

Americans are living through a series of escalating crises. The planet is warming as geopolitical tensions grow. The global economy is teetering. Worse still, our ability to address these crises is held back by a deeply dysfunctional political system — one governed by an unelected conserv...