breast cancer
It’s one thing to obsess over whether or not I’ll develop breast cancer but it’s a totally different thing to officially know my chances are high or damn near definite.
health care
The stunning — and quite legally complicated — Supreme Court decision could lead to broad health care coverage for previously uninsured Americans. It’s also a huge win for women.
family business
I ask my brother Steve how he ended up working in a profession that is overwhelmingly dominated by women, nursing.
health care
I’ll never forget the 14-year-old kid who said he had dreams about shooting his aunt every night, or the one who wanted to know why rape was illegal. I was just a teenage girl who had panic attacks.
disability
I don’t want my daughter to see me arrested, but I also don’t want her to know me as a zombie living in a haze of pain, or a blank opioid lump.
capitalism is not your friend
Reform isn’t going to come about through capitalism and approaches rooted in the current system, because the system is broken.
