Worsening Health Inequity During Pandemic for People Experiencing Homelessness
Much business model innovation in health care is to move as much care as is feasible to the home. But what does that mean for the homeless?
structural racism
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Read more: How Restrictions on SNAP Harm Health How Restrictions on SNAP Harm Health
Concerns about promoting economic independence cannot be tied to one of the most foundational of life’s necessities: access to food.
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Read more: Why Biden’s Extension of the Eviction Moratorium Isn’t Enough Why Biden’s Extension of the Eviction Moratorium Isn’t Enough
Extensions of state eviction moratoriums and large influxes of money for rental assistance are needed to keep people safe in their homes.
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Read more: How to Reduce Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System How to Reduce Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
In order to limit racial disparities in diversion programs, we should move away from using recidivism as their primary measure of success.
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Read more: Law as a Determinant of Police Violence Law as a Determinant of Police Violence
Improving the health of local communities involves rethinking the laws that govern how police interact with the people they serve.
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Read more: Why Justice is Good for America’s Health Why Justice is Good for America’s Health
Among the most salient lessons to be learned from the coronavirus pandemic is that justice is just plain good for America’s health.
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Read more: Black Men Carry the Cost of Police Violence Black Men Carry the Cost of Police Violence
About 1.5 million Black men are missing from daily life because of health challenges, economic instability, and over-policing.
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Read more: A Critical Race Perspective on Social Risk Targeting in the Health Care Sector A Critical Race Perspective on Social Risk Targeting in the Health Care Sector
Existing forms of racism or subordination may shape the design of social interventions and impact of risk targeting in harmful ways.
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Read more: Expendable Lives and COVID-19 Expendable Lives and COVID-19
Medical neocolonialism does not exist in a vacuum. It is tied to the presumed expendability of Black life.
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Read more: School Discipline is a Public Health Crisis School Discipline is a Public Health Crisis
Too often, policies and practices in schools that create and compound health inequities are narrated as falling outside health law and policy.
