Bo-Kaap, a History of Resistance and Identity
Sitting at Aisha’s Kitchen on a Friday afternoon in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa, I had the pleasure to talk to a local community organizer. Being Cape Malay himself, he shared his experiences growing in the community and the challenges they had faced. With the...
High-Income Countries Retreat from Rights-Based Policy
In recent years, we have seen high-income countries fail to uphold commitments by retreating from prior obligations to health and reversing environmental protections that were once collective imperatives. This reveals a broader pattern of countries abandoning formerly...
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sentenced to Death
More than a year ago, in 2024, a student-lead protest turned violent, after armed forces began attacking. Recently, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, and her Minister of Home Affairs, Asadduzzaman Khan Kamal, were accused of crimes against...
Indigenous Groups Demand Change at COP30
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP, brings together nearly every country annually for a “multilateral decision-making forum on climate change.” Leaders in business, science, governance, and civil society organizations attend to “strengthen global,...
The Silent Epidemic: Why Syphilis is Surging
Syphilis is an infection that has killed millions over the span of centuries and affected key figures like Al Capone and Edouard Manet. When the life-changing development of antibiotics arrived, it brought the disease under control, and, for years, syphilis outcomes...
Accessible, Affordable, and AI: How Artificial Intelligence Can Advance Healthcare Access
Between the Constitution of the World Health Organization, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, the human right to a high standard of physical and mental health has been determinedly...
Silent Spread: Rising Drug Resistant Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea is no longer just a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) – it has become one of the world’s most dangerous drug-resistant infections. Gonorrhea is a preventable and curable STI that infected over 82 million adults in 2020. The consequences of...
When Children Are Treated as Adults: How One Alabama Teen Inspired My Fight for Justice
I did not enter the world of juvenile justice reform through textbooks, research questions, or curiosity about public policy. I entered it through a child. A girl I first met when she was just fourteen years old, wide-eyed, quiet, and already carrying a lifetime of...
The Toll of Iran’s Women‑Led Rights Movement: A Psychological Standpoint
On September 16, 2022, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini while in the custody of Iran’s morality police ignited a nationwide uprising. What began as protests over hijab enforcement evolved into a broader demand for freedom and justice under the slogan “Woman,...
More than a Cookout: Black Family Reunions as Acts of Resilience
The sun is beyond blazing. It’s the middle of July somewhere deep in the South. Out in a grassy field, vibrant R&B and soul floats across the air. Barbecue smoke curls upward, mixing with bursts of laughter. Children are running around playing a game of kickball....
