Help Us Stay Paywall-Free

Democracy depends on the free exchange of ideas. Help sustain it with a tax-deductible donation today.

Donate Now
Search

Articles in Race tagged with Health

What the AIDS Crisis Can Teach Us About Monkeypox

Harm reduction strategies have the best chance of stopping this disease.

Joshua Gutterman Tranen

The Racial Capitalism of Care

A recording and transcript of our event on inequities in medicine and child welfare.

Ruha Benjamin, Michelle Morse, Bram Wispelwey, Dorothy Roberts

Abortion Is Not a “Choice” Without Racial Justice

After Roe v. Wade, Angela Davis wrote about how the reproductive rights movement was failing women of color. As Roe is dismantled, her diagnosis is more crucial than ever.
Sara Matthiesen

An Antiracist Agenda for Medicine

Colorblind solutions have failed to achieve racial equity in health care. We need both federal reparations and real institutional accountability.

Michelle Morse, Bram Wispelwey

Poisoning Tallevast

First, segregation blocked this Florida community from equal education and other public goods. Then the military–industrial complex sickened residents and destroyed their property.
José Constantine, Ruby Bagwyn, James Manigault-Bryant

The Logic of Eugenics Still Haunts Virginia

Elizabeth Catte’s new book examines how Virginia progressives believed the forced sterilization of poor whites would pave the way to a bright future—and how their legacy endures in national parks and prisons.
Ellen Wayland-Smith

Racism and Respiration

COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on Black communities is just one of many respiratory inequities shaped by systemic racism.
Adam Gaffney

How a Popular Medical Device Encodes Racial Bias

Pulse oximeters give biased results for people with darker skin. The consequences could be serious.
Amy Moran-Thomas

COVID-19 and the Color Line

St. Louis is a microcosm of American structural racism.

Jamala Rogers, Jason Q. Purnell, Walter Johnson, Colin Gordon

Dying of Whiteness

State policies shaped by white supremacy increase mortality rates in much the same way as other manmade health risks, such as pollution.
Jonathan M. Metzl

A political and literary forum, independent and nonprofit since 1975. Registered 501(c)(3) organization.  Learn more about our mission

Become a Member

Make a tax-deductible donation today

Categories

Explore

More Info

Get Our Newsletter

Vital reading on politics, literature,
and more in your inbox

Sign Up
© 2024 All rights reserved.

"A tremendous resource in this time of chaos."

We publish leading scholars, activists, and writers on the most pressing political debates of our time.

But as a small nonprofit, we rely on reader support. Will you help support bold thinking about a more just world?

Donate Now

"An indispensable pillar of the public sphere."

That’s what sociologist Alondra Nelson says of Boston Review. Independent and nonprofit, we believe in the power of collective reasoning and imagination to create a more just world.

That’s why there are no paywalls on our website, but we can’t do it without the support of our readers. Will you make a tax-deductible contribution today?

Donate Now