As climate change erodes land and health, one tribe fights back
After decades of losing coastline, Native Americans look to a young chief to help them find a place in the future.
Equity
Nonprofit hospitals are sitting on $14 billion. Let’s spend it on public health.
Half of U.S. hospitals are nonprofit. Their tax-exempt status comes with a requirement to improve community health—but few are meeting it.
The invisible minority: how anti-Roma racism fuels health disparities
More research is needed to determine racism's negative health impacts on the Romani people, says Roma scholar Margareta Matache.
Women in global health are the labor, but not leaders. Time’s up.
A UN report says it'll take 140 years for women to shatter the global health glass ceiling. We can't afford to wait that long.
The W.H.O.’s pandemic treaty may spark a global health revolution
Money, not health, is driving decision-making around the globe and hurting the Global South. It’s time for change.
How we treat alcohol-related liver disease is unfair—it’s time for change
Rising rates of alcohol-related liver disease means we must change transplant criteria, says medical student John Messinger.
Meet six women fighting to stop the global backslide on women’s rights
The women's rights movement faces growing threats from rising authoritarianism around the world. These six women aren't backing down.
The fall of global health’s benevolent dictatorships
The pandemic laid bare why the ‘we know best’ model of international aid too often fails to change outcomes.
At Davos 2023, women and girls must be center stage
Women's rights and equality are eroding around the world. It's time to reverse the trend.
On racism, the media, and “reparative journalism”
A recent Harvard panel discussion examined how biases in the media affect coverage of reparations for Black Americans.