Medical Schools Need to Do More to Reduce Students’ Debt
Today, the average medical student graduates with more than $215,000 of debt from medical school alone.
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Read more: Symposium Conclusion: Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law & Policy Symposium Conclusion: Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law & Policy
Collectively with these contributors, we aim to define the contours of the health justice movement and debates within it.
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Read more: Building Power Across Movements for Health Justice Building Power Across Movements for Health Justice
It’s time to re-envision and invest in a new public health infrastructure, one that is equipped and authorized to respond to the global crises we’re facing.
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Read more: Health Justice is Within Our Reach Health Justice is Within Our Reach
I grew up in the South Bronx, insulated from the absence of health justice until the fourth grade, when I began attending private school.
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Read more: Addressing School Discipline Disparities Through the Health Justice Framework Addressing School Discipline Disparities Through the Health Justice Framework
Researchers and advocates have long-documented the disparate punishment and policing of BIPOC students compared to their white peers.
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Read more: Health Justice: Love, Freedom Dreaming, and Power Building Health Justice: Love, Freedom Dreaming, and Power Building
Every person should be treated as someone who is deeply loved, whose life is valued, and whose maximally healthy presence in the world is invaluable.
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Read more: Symposium Introduction: Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law and Policy Symposium Introduction: Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law and Policy
This symposium explores how scholars, activists, communities, and health officials can use health justice frameworks to achieve health equity.
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Read more: The Rights of Public School Teachers in a Pandemic The Rights of Public School Teachers in a Pandemic
With the Biden administration pushing schools to reopen, it is necessary to reflect on the hardships our educators felt through the crisis.
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Read more: Getting our Child Co-Workers Back to School Safely — and Avoiding the “Education Contracts of Adhesion” Trap Getting our Child Co-Workers Back to School Safely — and Avoiding the “Education Contracts of Adhesion” Trap
As more schools reopen, we need to protect public health, the legal rights of parents and students, and schools’ core ethical imperative.
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Read more: Period Poverty and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy Challenges and Opportunities Period Poverty and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy Challenges and Opportunities
Period poverty, like so many other health inequities, has gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
