The politics and policy of racism in American health care

We’d have to go as far back as slavery to fully grasp the racial history of US health care, but I’ll start at a much more proximate place: 1946. On August 13 of that year, President Harry Truman signed the Hill-Burton Act. We’d have to go as far back as slavery to fully grasp the racial history of US health care, but I’ll start at a much more proximate place: 1946. On August 13 of that year, President Harry Truman signed the Hill-Burton Act.

 Equality: Believing In It Doesn’t Make It So

We can believe that all people are “created equal,” but that doesn’t mean that all are treated equally in our society. My son knows that there is racism in the world, but we need to discuss how we are a long way off from being the “post racial” society that some claim we are. I need to make sure that not fostering preconceptions doesn’t mean not addressing the very real struggles that exist in this world.

 Fighting Discrimination, Discovering Who We’re Fighting For

By helping our communities, we connect with the people and reinvest in our future. In so doing, we’re reminded of that most crucial of lessons: who and what it is we’re fighting for.

 Make America Civil

Americans love to talk about their “rights.” But what’s interesting to me is how much discrimination there is here - racism, sexism, ageism, all of them!

A Class Divided

The day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, a teacher in a small town in Iowa tried a daring classroom experiment. She decided to treat children with blue eyes as superior to children with brown eyes. FRONTLINE explores what those children learned about discrimination and how it still affects them today.

An open letter from women of science

In this new era of anti-science and misinformation, we as women scientists re-affirm our commitment to build a more inclusive society and scientific enterprise. We reject the hateful rhetoric that was given a voice during the U.S. presidential election and which targeted minority groups, women, LGBTQIA, immigrants, and people with disabilities, and attempted to discredit the role of science in our society.

Does Discrimination Still Exist? Of Course It Does

If you don’t believe that discrimination exists, here are some facts that prove my point...

Donald Trump and Hate in America

Our Republic needs serious repairs. The signs were apparent well before Donald Trump won the election on a platform that included unapologetic bigotry. We should ask, for example, why we needed to be reminded that Black lives matter.

How to Avoid Picking Up Prejudice from the Media

Here are steps we can all take to limit the negative impact of stereotypes in the media—and maximize the positive benefits media may have on our attitudes toward out-groups.

The Evolution of Prejudice

Psychologists have long known that many people are prejudiced towards others based on group affiliations, be they racial, ethnic, religious, or even political. However, we know far less about why people are prone to prejudice in the first place. New research, using monkeys, suggests that the roots lie deep in our evolutionary past.

The Ugly Truth About Age Discrimination

Age discrimination is everywhere. I hear more examples of age discrimination than I hear about sex discrimination, racial discrimination and every other kind put together

What Are Healthy Responses to the Sick Aspects of Society?

Reactions inside and outside of Ferguson to a grand jury's refusal to indict Michael Brown's killer, which many regarded as yet one more example of the inequity people of color suffer at the hands of police, raise the question of what is the most effective means of protest. The answer is a bit too unclear for comfort.

Zero Discrimination Day, Because Equality is Important

What began as a movement for HIV positive people and the discrimination they face turned into a movement against discrimination of every kind.