America’s Underinsurance Crisis in the Age of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the underinsurance crisis that has long kept millions of Americans on the precipice of financial disaster.
COVID and the Law
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Read more: A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Global Classism A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Global Classism
As the rich get richer, those of low socioeconomic status are doubly marginalized by the classism that characterizes the international pandemic response.
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Read more: “Stick to the Science”? FDA, Ethics, and Pandemics “Stick to the Science”? FDA, Ethics, and Pandemics
This post reflects on the ethical implications of FDA’s use of its emergency powers, and suggests opportunities for greater accountability moving forward.
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Read more: A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Western Ideas of Health A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Western Ideas of Health
In concentrating on largely Western conceptions of health, the international pandemic response paid insufficient attention to realities in the Global South.
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Read more: A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Data Colonialism A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Data Colonialism
In affording asymmetric protection to those in the Global North, the technified coronavirus response exemplifies digital colonialism.
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Read more: COVID-19 Containment or Callous Political Ploy? Reflections on Trump’s Pandemic-Era Restrictions on Immigration, Green Cards, and Asylum Claims COVID-19 Containment or Callous Political Ploy? Reflections on Trump’s Pandemic-Era Restrictions on Immigration, Green Cards, and Asylum Claims
Although many public health policies resemble anti-immigrant initiatives, most sincerely intend to protect public health and the economy
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Read more: Mask Madness: When Freedom of Speech and Opinion Becomes Assaultive Mask Madness: When Freedom of Speech and Opinion Becomes Assaultive
There have been many assaultive incedints involving masks. What letal action will be taken as public health policy becomes more disparite?
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Read more: Criminal Jury Trials by Zoom: An Uneasy Bargain with the Constitution Criminal Jury Trials by Zoom: An Uneasy Bargain with the Constitution
While the concept of trial by Zoom is no doubt attractive as criminal case dockets grow, we must uphold the rights of the accused.
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Read more: Access to Abortion in the Era of COVID-19 Access to Abortion in the Era of COVID-19
Many state governments enacted policies that reduced abortion access during the pandemic by labeling them “nonessential”
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Read more: Coronavirus surcharges: A lifeboat for small businesses or an underhanded form of price gouging? Coronavirus surcharges: A lifeboat for small businesses or an underhanded form of price gouging?
Are COVID-19 surcharges (fees are intended to cover the added costs of running a business during the pandemic) legal?
