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Why the Next Superpower Will Subsidize Daycare

Posted on: May 27, 2025May 27, 2025

NYC has one of America’s most watched mayoral races ongoing. Perhaps the most surprising issue dominating headlines is not crime or housing. It is childcare. Candidates are proposing […]

Education / Healthcare / Policy

How Measles Came Back to America

Posted on: May 25, 2025May 25, 2025

It began with a cough. Then a fever. By the time the red rash appeared on Ian Rojas’s neck, the pediatric unit at Dallas Methodist had already started […]

Finance / Healthcare / Policy

Who Pays for Dinner?

Posted on: May 15, 2025May 15, 2025

The House Agriculture Committee just passed a $300 billion proposal that answers one question with brutal clarity: Who pays for dinner in America? The answer is not the […]

Climate / Healthcare / Policy

Lines on Maps

Posted on: May 14, 2025May 14, 2025

Maps have always been powerful tools for understanding our world, but with the rise of computational cartography, they are evolving into something even more dynamic and insightful. Computational […]

Education / Healthcare

Bridging the Gap: How HRSA and Local Initiatives Are Transforming Rural Healthcare

Posted on: April 4, 2025April 7, 2025

A couple of years ago, I wrote a piece on a comparative analysis of 3 rural health literacy programs. Today, we revisit the topic. The rolling plains of […]

Education / Finance / Healthcare / Policy

How the GSA and NIH Cuts Reveal a Dangerous Agenda

Posted on: March 3, 2025March 3, 2025

For all the talk of making government more efficient, the latest wave of federal staff cuts is less about efficiency and more about something far more insidious: the […]

Healthcare / Policy

Why the U.S. Healthcare System Struggles with Preventative Care

Posted on: February 19, 2025February 22, 2025

Introduction: The High Cost of Doing Nothing For a country that spends more on healthcare than any other nation on earth, the United States has shockingly little to […]

Healthcare / Policy

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Weight-Loss Drug Dilemma

Posted on: February 13, 2025

Few medical breakthroughs have captured the public’s imagination or insurance budgets, quite like the new class of weight-loss drugs. Medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, originally developed to treat […]

Climate / Ethics / Healthcare

Building the Future of Climate Smart Healthcare

Posted on: January 18, 2025January 21, 2025

Healthcare facilities are often at the forefront of serving communities, but they also stand as some of the most resource-intensive structures in operation. From high energy demands to […]

Healthcare / Policy

Here are some 2025 Initiatives Pushing the Boundaries of Health Equity

Posted on: January 8, 2025January 8, 2025

The fight for health equity in America is one of the most critical and urgent battles of our time. At the heart of this movement lies the understanding […]

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