Racial Diversity in Children’s Cartoons

The media we consume is important. Media is how a society informs itself, creating the…

Racism — Impact vs. Intent?

The blood pressure medication, losartan, recently faced a mass recall due to contamination with a carcinogen…

Critical race theory: the newest foundational science

Exploration and Critique of Racism and Sizeism in the United States

Turning up the flow won’t fix the STEM pipeline problem

Medical Neglect in ICE Detention: Extending Eighth Amendment Protections

A Thought Piece on Intersectionality, Bias & Empowerment

Silencing the Counter-narrative: Contradictions in Immigration Policies in US History

Dear Asian Americans Against Affirmative Action, Be Careful Who You Call a Friend…

Con cố gắng đi học nhé

“Con cố gắng đi học nhé” — any Vietnamese parent, auntie, uncle, and elder to…

The Future Physicians of America

I distinctly remember the day I was accepted into the University of Washington’s School of Medicine. I…

Observatory, Mountain, Temple

Not many people outside of Hawaii or the astronomy community know about the controversy surrounding the…

Creating a New Narrative for Health Disparities

A Forgotten Peoples; The Healthcare Disparities of Native Americans

Socially Constructed Risk Factors in Medicine

Medical schools need to stop teaching their students that race, sex or gender…

Making America Great Again Should Begin with Decolonized & Bilingual Education

“The greatest barrier to the Mexican-American child’s scholastic achievement…is that the schools, reflecting the dominant culture, want the child to grow up as another Anglo. This he cannot do except by denying himself and his family and his…

What could reparations in medicine look like?

There was not a single day over the past four years when I felt as though…

(Sub)consciously Surrendering Our Agency

A Programmed Habituation

Policing Reform and Other Public Health Necessities in the City of Seattle

Power of Words and ACEs

“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively…

Moving to Opportunity or Moving to Oppression?

Housing segregation is officially defined as the practice of denying African…

One Thousand One Hundred and Sixty-four

Author: Mars G. Leneas

Understanding the Experience of Black Male Teachers

The Things I Worry About

When my community back home asks me about my experience in school, I’m generally not sure how to respond. There are…

Interpreter Services Access in Healthcare Settings

Bad Hombrés: Distancing and embracing complex identity as a Latinx male.

Until recently, I thought that children were universally banned from wearing red or blue in schools. Apparently, that’s not the case. During the eight years I attended public school, we weren’t allowed to…

Medical Education and Health Disparities

All around the country medical schools are advertising their programs as “committed to…

The language and Politics of Immigration

MAWA, Make America White Again. The most prevalent message in the 2016 general election…