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Patient Privacy Is Not Just About Medical Ethics — It’s Vital to Racial Equity and Disability Rights
We should empower patients to seek care by maintaining the strongest possible medical confidentiality rules instead of watering down critical patient privacy protections.
The Tulsa Race Massacre and the Violence of Forgetting
A horrific act of racism-fueled mob violence took place 100 years ago. Why don't more people know about it?
The Movement to End Police Violence 1-Year after George Floyd’s Murder
One year ago today, George Floyd was brutally murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparking the largest protests in American history. What has changed in the year since Floyd’s murder and that uprising?
“I Can’t Breathe:” A Year of Racial Reckoning in America
If this past year made anything clear, it is that America is not yet a “post-racial” society.
By Joey Francilus
State Lawmakers Are Trying to Ban Talk About Race in Schools
A nationwide attempt to censor discussions of race in the classroom is underway. These bills don’t just set back progress in addressing systemic issues, they also rob young people of an inclusive education and blatantly suppress speech about race.
Discriminatory Return to In Office Work Mandates Could Push Women and People of Color out of the Workforce
If states and cities rush into forcing remote employees to return to the office without confronting the ongoing realities of the pandemic, they could cause new setbacks to workplace equality that will take decades to overcome.
International Accountability is Critical to Dismantling Systemic Racism and Police Brutality Domestically
A robust international accountability mechanism would further support and complement, not undermine, efforts to dismantle systemic racism in the United States.
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