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A group of civil rights demonstrators staging a sit-in at the U.S. Capitol on March 15, 1965 featured in POWER & HEALTH. | Courtesy of Warren K. Leffler
"Power and Health" examines the role of power in our society and how it can be reshaped to reshape our health.
A group of civil rights demonstrators staging a sit-in at the U.S. Capitol on March 15, 1965 featured in POWER & HEALTH. | Courtesy of Warren K. Leffler
"Power and Health" examines the role of power in our society and how it can be reshaped through community, belonging and inclusion in order to reshape our health.
A girl playing in a fountain water at the park
In Santa Ana, a majority Mexican and renting population is heavily affected by pandemic. Advocates argue that the need to address the community’s lack of affordable housing and green space, crucial public health issues even before coronavirus, is now even more urgent.
A small child holds a sign up at a protest. It reads "We want our ENVIRONMENT CLEAN."
Ruth Andrade was always told that confronting oil companies about the health problems she saw in her community (like nosebleeds, headaches, and even miscarriages and cancer) was too difficult to do by herself, so she decided to simply not go it alone. Years later, her work is finally paying off.
Reuben Lewis Vigil at Concordia Park
Violent crimes have spiked markedly since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, but "law and order" rhetoric misleads the public about solutions to violence in ways that threaten the health and safety of vulnerable groups.
KANLUNGAN Tribute to Rosary Castro-Olega
A tribute from the website KANLUNGAN, a digital memorial tracking the global deaths of healthcare workers of Philippine ancestry.
Nurses stand outside of Kaiser Hospital
Filipinx Americans make up a significant proportion of nurses, clinical staff, nursing home and home healthcare providers.
People wait in line to receive food at a Food Bank distribution for those in need as the coronavirus pandemic continues on April 9, 2020 in Van Nuys, California. | Mario Tama/Getty Images
There are no easy decisions for leaders to make when it comes to handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Both principle and concern about risk are informing collective decision-making, but privilege also underlies many such deliberations.
A homeless man sitting on a stoop | Ben Hershey / Unsplash
While Los Angeles has the reputation of being a city of dreams, its urban landscape has become a nightmare for Black and Brown residents. Learn how South L.A. has developed in a way that's detrimental to its residents and what's being done about it.
A young girl with a red shirt plays with her parents
For middle-class parents of disabled children, good income and great insurance are still not enough to cover the vast holes in U.S. healthcare.
Illustration representing the criminalization of Black and Latinx people for substance abuse.
Health inequities are systemic, avoidable and unjust health outcomes ultimately perpetuated by those who have power in society. Here, we explore four examples of health inequities and their relationship to power imbalances.
Camara Jones
Meet the 10 experts examining health inequities through the lens of race, wealth and power in the documentary "Power & Health."
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