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NEW BOOK on Health, Medicine and Justice

Health, Medicine and Justice Designing a Fair and Equitable Healthcare System By Joshua Freeman, M.D. Buy the book HERE at Amazon Joshua Freeman is a leader in primary care, both as a practitioner and as an academic, being the Chair … Continue reading

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Income Inequality: It’s Also Bad for Your Health

We know that living in a poor community makes you less likely to live a long life. New evidence suggests that living in a community with high income inequality also seems to be bad for your health. For original article … Continue reading

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Street Artist Banksy’s New Video

  February 26, 2015 Banksy’s Gaza Kitten Is Shaming Your Internet Habits By Claire Landsbaum http://www.vulture.com/2015/02/new-banksy-video-features-cute-gaza-kitten.html?om_rid=AABuUy&om_mid=_BU74lVB8-nFeI0 Banksy’s latest. Photo: Banksy No one throws a guilt trip quite like Banksy. Case in point: The street artist just released a two-minute video … Continue reading

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Income inequality – not just low wages – is taking a toll on the health of American workers

“Income inequality” has already become a buzz phrase for the campaigns leading up to the 2016 elections. Likely candidates and pundits on both ends of the political spectrum have begun to talk about how fairness, social justice and—even after the … Continue reading

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Putting a Price-Tag on Inequality

America’s most typical adults would be three-times richer if the United States distributed wealth as equally as France does. Posted on January 12, 2015 by Sam Pizzigati http://inequality.org/putting-pricetag-inequality/#sthash.dqyGeCBH.dpuf How much does inequality cost the average American family? What price do … Continue reading

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