Edgar Sydenstricker was born into a studious family. His sister Pearl S. Buck, author of the…
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I’m a Dentist Bringing in New Patients Through TikTok
I was thinking about opening my own dental office for a while. I signed the lease…
Continue ReadingTrans Children Have Always Been Here
As legal efforts to eliminate trans youth ramp up, we must remember that being trans has…
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Here’s What Essential Workers Want People Who Work From Home to Understand
When we are sick, we are pressured to still come in and work because we are…
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How I Got Radicalized: When ‘ER’s’ Dramatic Health Insurance Battles Became My Reality
When I was nine years old, I was riding a horse in my suburban town’s Fourth…
Continue ReadingThe Coronavirus is Tearing Through Native Communities
The Navajo Nation has a higher death rate than any state. Today, the New York Times has…
Continue ReadingWe All Deserve Equal Access to Healthcare
I was close to 30 years old by the time I completed my medical training. My…
Continue ReadingIt Will Take Years for People of Color to Recover From the Covid-19 Fallout
The pandemic lays bare structural inequities that need fixing across all aspect of American society. Kimora “Kimmie”…
Continue ReadingHow Volunteer EMTs Became America’s Last Line of First Response
In Buck Creek, a volunteer is as likely to respond to a 911 call as a…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s Small Rural Hospitals Are Dying
For the ones that survive Covid-19, another gut punch awaits: Trump’s tax law. Paul Taylor wept…
Continue ReadingNurses Are Using Zoom to Help Survivors Self-Administer DIY Rape Kits
All around the country, we’re seeing the stark impact Covid-19 has had on victims of intimate…
Continue ReadingThis Pandemic Would’ve Looked So Much Different Under Medicare For All
Abdul El-Sayed’s new book ‘Healing Politics’ makes the case for a different approach to public health.…
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