Ebola and Chronic Diseases in Latin America: Keeping the Success Stories Alive
The world is sleeping with one eye open and that eye is directed toward the current situation in West Africa. News outlets have been delivering up-to-the-minute reports regarding new cases of Ebola...
View ArticleObamacare Delivers Health Insurance to Low-Income Whites
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has reduced racial disparities in health insurance coverage rates between whites and people of color. I and others have discussed the historic increase...
View ArticleAsian Americans Could Lose the Most from an Obamacare Repeal
Asian Americans may suffer the greatest loss in private health insurance coverage if the Affordable Care Act—Obamacare—is ended. The available data suggest that Asian Americans have obtained health...
View ArticlePublic Housing Residents Have the Right to Manage Their Communities
Few people know this, but public housing residents can create resident management corporations to improve their quality of life. Michael Wilson, the President of the Tenant Council and the Executive...
View ArticleBaltimore’s Big Soda Moment: Why Access to Sugary Drink Information Is a...
Baltimore’s corners are often associated with the public health threat presented by illicit drug dealing and use but there is another, more unassuming, danger lurking inside corner stores and...
View ArticleGood Health Insurance News for Latinos, Bad News for Blacks
Newly released data on health insurance coverage from the U.S. Census Bureau shows a continued significant decline in the uninsured rate for all major racial and ethnic groups—except for African...
View ArticleThe State of Our Union’s Health Care
The Center for Global Policy Solutions has produced a short animated video to provide the public with facts about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to educate them about the potential pitfalls of...
View ArticleWhy Medicaid Matters for People of Color
Medicaid is the country’s single largest source of health care coverage, with 73 million enrollees. In 2015, almost 60% of Medicaid enrollees were people of color. It narrows the health disparities gap...
View ArticleNational Gun Violence Awareness Day and the Use of Deadly Force
National Gun Violence Day is upon us, and it’s a poignant time to recall that gun violence touches all Americans, regardless of race, class, or gender. Every day, 93 people die from gun violence; more...
View ArticleThe Power of Parks
If you were to take a drive through the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, your route may take you down the historic main street with its quaint shops and local eateries. Eventually, you would stop at Avenue...
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