Today’s climate activists are homing in on climate justice issues, emphasizing how the climate emergency hits the most vulnerable populations with greatest force.
Depression and Black Men
Depression among Black men is an oft-unspoken pain that deeply affects the health and quality of life of Black people.
Women Deliver 2019 Conference
This will be the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women in the 21st century.
Healthcare in America Is Structural Racism. Didn’t They Teach You That in Medical School?
Requiring our citizens to demonstrate engagement in the workforce in order to access healthcare is at odds with health care as a human right.
Minority Health Disparities | Michelle’s Story
Michelle R. Simmons is a patient, mother and grandmother who understands firsthand the impact of health disparity.
Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Eliminating health disparities is a broad national goal for improving the health of Americans, and part of the mission of the Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Doulas and Midwives of Color Are The Key to Reproductive and Birth Justice
By: Patricia Valoy | Contributing Editor for Science and Social Justice Last year I quit…
Race, Class, and Health
This course critically examines health status and health care disparities among racial/ethnic minority groups in…
How Racism Harms Pregnant Women – and What Can Help
Racism is making people sick — especially black women and babies, says Miriam Zoila Pérez. The doula turned journalist explores the relationship between race, class and illness and tells us about a radically compassionate prenatal care program that can buffer pregnant women from the stress that people of color face every day.
Biopolitics in Palestine: Community Health, Political Violence, and Daily Resistance
By Bram Wispelwey On June 1, 21-year-old volunteer medic Razan Al Najjar was shot and…