It seems the more the United States advances, the farther the reality of universal health care becomes. The most developed country in the world has yet to guarantee health insurance as a right to all its citizens. Long term health implications of being either underinsured or uninsured go well beyond Continue Reading
Immigration has long been a focal point when it comes to US politics. Thousands of immigrants find themselves on the brink of deportation, surveilled, abused, separated from their loved ones, and forcefully subjected to inhuman tactics. The long term health implications of such a gross miscarriage of justice cause for Continue Reading
Amid a polarized climate, the 2020 presidential election is already unlike another other the US has seen. With Covid-19 still in full effect, political and public health officials are scrambling to address safe in-person voting protocols during a pandemic. Granted, the rates of infection are far lower now that the Continue Reading
Almost 5 months into the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the United States is still confined to some sort of socially isolated measures. With an American dying every 80 seconds, social distancing protocols will most likely continue well into 2021. With masks still not nationally mandated, (despite the more than 160,000 Continue Reading
For a country, whose presidential party ordinarily denies science at the expense of political points, the current state of the United States amid the Covid-19 pandemic is a given. Initially, it was a failure to accept the entire virus as a whole, repeatedly claiming ‘it will go away’. Now with Continue Reading
For a country that otherwise praises itself on upholding values of freedom, equality and equal representation, the lack of awareness when it comes to gender-based violence (GVB) is rather appalling. The United States is no stranger to skepticism regarding the women’s rights movement. Among developed nations, it still falls behind Continue Reading
How Black Americans are struggling to find their identity amidst a racist society. The reality remains; as bad as the mental health crisis already is in the US, it is significantly worse for Black Americans. The dynamic of the ‘normal’ standard of living in the US has shifted to a Continue Reading
Why has this country normalized police incited violence? Why is police violence a leading cause of death among Black men? The truth? Police sanctioned violence against Black Americans has existed in the US for centuries. Reality hurts It has become routine. The fatal trend of deadly police violence towards Black Continue Reading
What are the mental health implications of long term e-learning (Covid-19) on younger aged school children? Especially those students from lower income areas with already limited resources? Will our nation’s children be able to bounce back mentally from this extended e-learning due to Covid-19? With over 50 million elementary and Continue Reading
The Covid-19 crisis could potentially be the catalyst that makes lasting progress in the climate crisis. Global structure has shifted to a short lived, over consumption driven model, leaving the natural world no time to adjust. As Americans are confined to the four walls of their living rooms, it seems Continue Reading
