public health

Scott M. Stringer

How Fair Shot NYC Would Ensure Equal Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine

Scott M. Stringer. Photo: Office of the Comptroller. Long-term disinvestments in communities of color across the city left Black New Yorkers underserved and overexposed ...

Leslie2Best

Covid-19 Impact: Additional Proof That Racism is a Threat to Public Health

Leslie D. Gregory. Photo: Author’s collection.   Some of us in the frontlines of health care have been trying to convince the CDC to ...

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ARE AMERICA’S PRISONS A TICKING TIME BOMB FOR COVID-19?

[COVID-19\Prisons] Karakatsanis – who has won the release of tens of thousands of incarcerated people through impact litigation – is highlighting the COVID-19 crisis ...

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NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE CALLS FOR “SHELTER-IN-PLACE” POLICY

[COVID-19\”Shelter-in-Place” Policy] Williams: “I’m calling on Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to create a defined “shelter-in-place” policy-not a quarantine- immediately, one that is ...

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PSC UNION TO CUNY: MANDATE REMOTE WORK FOR ALL DURING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

[COVID-19\Coronavirus\PSC/CUNY] PSC’ Bowen: “The University’s first priority must now be to avoid endangering employees and students. Students’ ability to finish the semester, as important ...

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JFK’s ‘New Frontier’ vs. Trump’s Racist ‘America Great Again’ Dogwhistle

From Kennedy to Trump On July 15, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy said: “But I tell you the New Frontier is here, whether we ...

PlanBest2

As A Church Minister Why I Stand with Planned Parenthood

[Commentary] I hold strongly to the values that life is sacred and good, and that in circumstances when conflicting realities are present, each of ...