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I criticize the concern over the politicization of public health policy as a justification for preferring a narrow to a broad model of public health. My critique proceeds along 2 lines. First, the fac...

Have we lost our very minds?

Guardian investigation finds number killed in April attack by Rapid Support Forces far greater than current estimates

This new book investigates modern famines by shifting the focus from whether, to how and why famines are political.

A history of masks protecting against bad air—in cities, factories, hospitals, and war trenches—exploring how our identities and beliefs shape the decisi...

Statistics indicate that Indigenous people worldwide suffer disproportionately poor health outcomes. Since the mid-twentieth century, health activism has bec...

This post is part of our online roundtable on Françoise N. Hamlin and Charles W. McKinney Jr.’s From Rights to Lives. Sonia Sanchez once wrote, “Where is your fire? Can’t you smell it coming out of ou...

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"I know that people are reluctant to voice objections to things I’ve said, not because I’ve given a convincing argument, but because I’m a person with a disability making claims about disability, and ...