public health
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...