Most of us have heard—or have had—our fair share of emergency room horror stories: waiting for hours and hours to be triaged by busy ER physicians and nurses, only to be sent home with no treatment or insufficient...
Gentrification—the transformation of neighborhoods from low value to high value—is a long-debated issue in the United States. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, well over half a million people in the United States experience homelessness on any given night. This estimate is based on data from January 2017—rather...
Washington DC’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education is currently looking for a new Chancellor of DC Public Schools (prior to 2007, this position was referred to as Superintendent). In this...
Eight wards make up the District of Columbia (D.C.). Of these, wards 5, 7, and 8 are considered the most underserved. Compared to their wealthier neighbors from Wards 2 and 3, residents of Ward 5, 7, and...
Eight wards make up the District of Columbia. Of these, Wards 5, 7, and 8 are considered the most underserved. Compared to their wealthier neighbors from Wards 2 and 3, residents of Ward 5, 7, and 8 tend to have lower...
Eight wards make up the District of Columbia (D.C.). Of these, wards 5, 7, and 8 are routinely considered the most underserved. Compared to their wealthier neighbors hailing from Wards 2 and 3, residents of...
2020 was a tumultuous year for the United States, and not only because of the coronavirus pandemic. Discussions regarding race and police brutality came to a head as reports of dozens of African American...
It’s been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, yet the evolving nature of the global crisis remains a challenge to public health officials and citizens to this day. At this point, science suggests...
Every 2 minutes, a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s an alarming statistic, but there is some good news hiding behind it. For instance, the overall rate of breast cancer...
Every October since 1985, the world honors Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is “an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease” according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. It...
For most Americans, it’s difficult to imagine going to bed hungry every night, not being sure where the next meal will come from (or when), and struggling to bring home enough nutritious food to feed the...
As of September 13, 2020, 616 Washington D.C. residents have lost their lives to COVID-19. Another 14,622 residents have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus driving the current global pandemic. While...
It’s not hard to empathize with people who are affected by the coronavirus pandemic. After all, most people have been directly or indirectly impacted by the public health crisis in some way—physically, socially...