Equity

Half of U.S. hospitals are nonprofit. Their tax-exempt status comes with a requirement to improve community health—but few are meeting it.

More research is needed to determine racism's negative health impacts on the Romani people, says Roma scholar Margareta Matache.

With food insecurity soaring around the world, Oxfam International executive director Gabriela Bucher calls for structural reform.

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.

Money, not health, is driving decision-making around the globe and hurting the Global South. It’s time for change.

Rising rates of alcohol-related liver disease means we must change transplant criteria, says medical student John Messinger.

The women's rights movement faces growing threats from rising authoritarianism around the world. These six women aren't backing down.

Women's rights and equality are eroding around the world. It's time to reverse the trend.

A recent Harvard panel discussion examined how biases in the media affect coverage of reparations for Black Americans.

A Harvard symposium examines the public health case for reparations to Black descendants of slavery and what remedy might look like.