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NHeLP Save the Date – Health Equity: The Essential Path Forward
April 27, 2016Daniel Dawes, Author of 150 Years of Obamacare; Executive Director of Health Policy and External Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine. Speakers to include: Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, * Former Member of Congress. Rep. Donna M. Christensen, * Former...
This April Celebrate National Minority Health Month
April 20, 2016...
Chicago Police Must Face ‘Hard Truths’ about Racist Past, Task Force Draft Report Says
April 20, 2016By Jeff Coen and Stacy St. Clair The Chicago Police Department must acknowledge its racist history and overhaul its handling of excessive force allegations before true reforms can take place, according to a scathing draft report from the task force...
Being Black Is Bad for Your Health
April 14, 2016We must acknowledge the link between race and poor health before we can meet our nation's daunting health equity challenge. By Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and David Williams When we talk about seeking health equity in this country, the goal is to ensure...
An urban-rural mortality gap emerges among whites as risky behaviors work to defy modern trends
April 11, 2016Story by Joel Achenbach, Dan Keating White women have been dying prematurely at higher rates since the turn of this century, passing away in their 30s, 40s and 50s in a slow-motion crisis driven by decaying health in small-town America, according...
Book Launch for “Coming of Age in the Other America”
April 8, 2016Hear Stefanie DeLuca introduce a powerful new book about upward mobility for disadvantaged youth, based on years of in-depth personal interviews with young people in Baltimore. Register...
ACTION Lab 7: New Orleans
April 4, 2016...
Denver’s Deeply Segregated Schools Fit a National Trend
April 4, 2016By Alan Gottlieb Colorado’s largest urban center suffers from the same segregation of students of color in high-poverty schools as cities across the country, a new analysis of federal data shows. The analysis by The Atlantic comes from an...
Book Release: 150 Years of ObamaCare
April 1, 2016Daniel E. Dawes has written a fascinating insider’s perspective on the formation, passage, and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This is a must-read for anyone interested and concerned with healthcare issues impacting vulnerable,...
Innovations in Health Equity
March 28, 2016A new Grantmakers In Health (GIH) supplement on health equity innovations, just released in the latest issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Sponsored by the Aetna Foundation, the supplement lifts up new voices and shares ideas for...