Tag: Social Justice
To Diversify Medicine Post–Affirmative Action, Look to Community Colleges
The Supreme Court of the United States ruling last year that colleges and universities can no longer take race and ethnicity into consideration as a [Read more about this post…]
Preventing Child Abuse Should Not Be Controversial. My Own Hate Mail Reveals That It Is
In my senior year of college, I began my first job as a social worker, counseling victims of sexual assault. I began every morning determined [Read more about this post…]
Confronting Illusions Can Help Heal Trauma 2024 by StuffsEarth
Physician and author Gabor Maté is known for his insights into the imprints that trauma leaves on the mind and body—and for his compassionate guidance [Read more about this post…]
Editors’ Picks: Our Favorite Opinions of 2023
December 29, 2023 5 min read As 2023 comes to a close, we look back at a year of poignant commentary on space, politics, climate, [Read more about this post…]
People with Sickle Cell Deserve More Respect from Health Care Providers
More than 50 years ago my parents took a big chance. They fell in love, got married and had three daughters, not knowing that they [Read more about this post…]
Meet the Young Activists behind the New Youth Climate Lawsuit
CLIMATEWIRE | SAN FRANCISCO — Maya Wiliams, 17, already does what she can to tackle climate change. She’s a vegan. She elected not to get her [Read more about this post…]
Losing a Grandparent Hurts Boys at School
Death is not random. Demographers estimate that 75 percent of Americans are expected to live to age 70, meaning that most deaths occur late in [Read more about this post…]
