Opinion

Toward curing cancer: What you must know as a patient about shared decision making

A new cancer treatment using a patient’s own immune system is effective even for malignant…

The Language of Empathy: Embrace Imperfections in Intercultural Experiences

At this year’s World Cup Competition, competitors and officials spoke more than 23 official languages…

What We Could Lose From the Deep Sea

The World Cup is currently playing out in an opulent stadium in Qatar, complete with…

Hospitals Can Be Dangerous Places for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

In October 2022, the journal Health Affairs published a themed issue on disability and health. In one article, authors Friebel…

Why should we fear corrupt politicians? A lesson from Sri Lanka.

American voters prevented the anticipated red wave in the mid-term election last month. Maybe they are…

Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” Should Be Mandatory in Higher Ed

A research nonprofit called Open Syllabus collected more than 15 million class syllabi from colleges…

An educational intervention that can lengthen life expectancy for black youth

Black-American women with PhDs die earlier than white women who are high school dropouts. This…

Believing in conspiracy theories may be in the (real) details

Last winter, conservative politicians and community members in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and many other states…

DIVERSITY!

The words “diversity, equity, and inclusion” love to be thrown around by all manner of…

DEI On The Line: How To Move from Failure To Meaningful Change

In the recent aftermath of MSNBC abruptly cutting ties with Tiffany Cross, host of The Cross…

Undiagnosed interval breast cancer is killing women. Here’s what to know.

A radiology group at an Arizona hospital recently missed obvious breast cancer in dozens of…

Hiding Ourselves Behind Beauty Standards

I slept about two hours last night. Why? Abortion is becoming increasingly inaccessible with the…

Do you feel like voting won’t do anything? Lowkey same, but I voted anyway.

This summer, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, I, like everyone else, couldn’t…

Why Hearing Women’s Voices Involves Shutting the **** Up

The record-breaking House of the Dragon HBO series features Rhaenyra Targaryen, a princess protagonist facing…

It is time to start considering the benefits of a 4-day work week for low-wage frontline workers

More than three dozen companies in the U.S. and Canada are joining a total of…