What the Supreme Court’s Expected Ruling on Affirmative Action Might Mean for US Health Care
Affirmative action in higher education may soon be abolished by the Supreme Court. The consequences for the physician workforce may be dire.
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For over a year prisoners were denied our most fundamental support systems.
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Immigrants are now even more vulnerable to reproductive oppression in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs.
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The inability of prisons and jails to address the drivers of and treat substance use disorders is leading to underexplored health ramifications.
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Read more: A Mind Is A Terrible _____ To Waste A Mind Is A Terrible _____ To Waste
For over a year prisoners were denied our most fundamental support systems.
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Pregnant and parenting people who use drugs face the threat of civil or criminal punishment under nearly every conceivable circumstance.
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What happens when the profit motive becomes the determinative factor in the provision of health care and is inserted into the prison? Disaster.
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The pandemic prison is a harbinger, not an aberration, of the society that creates and maintains it.
