Although wound care is not recognized officially as a medical specialty or subspecialty, it is crucial for hundreds of patients in nursing facilities or long-term care. Wound care medicine focuses… 
Imagine two students with the same disability, one in a wealthy district and one in a low-income district. There are accommodations, specialized teachers, and technology available to the first student;…
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. A powerful sentence by the philosopher George Santayana from his book ‘The Life of Reason’. These words ring in…
This article also appeared in the NY Daily News on April 27, 2025. It was March 13th, 2025, when my mother, a New York City educator, shared the story of…
The Trump administration deleted Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera from a federal website dedicated to the National Stonewall Monument. Yes! You read it correctly, in the wake of an…
The presence of West Africans in New York City dates back to the city’s early days, as evidenced by the African Burial Grounds located north of Wall Street in lower…
In a city where zip code often determines life expectancy, early educational intervention is not just an academic issue—it is a matter of public health. As someone working within the…
Social media algorithms are engineered for profit, providing endless entertainment for users and generating billions for tech companies, advertisers, and content creators. But beneath the surface, these same algorithms promote…
Introduction With my students at Hunter College, we combed through MTA open data to determine if trucks were avoiding the congestion charge and driving through the Bronx and/or Staten Island…
Health policies should be based on facts, not politics. Unfortunately, the opposite seems to be the trend. Policies don’t always match up with the facts, especially when it comes to…
Imagine that one day, you are evicted from your home. Now miles away from the neighborhood you once were, you look to do everything right all over again, updating your…
New York City is undergoing a crisis: an affordable housing crisis. According to the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey, in 2023, the net vacancy rate for all housing…
Sales taxes are regressive, meaning that the poor pay a higher share of their income in these taxes than the rich. This is in contrast to progressive income taxes, which…
Say your profession is hunting after treasure chests. You find one treasure chest, but it almost always only has a key to the next one. The next one, however, is…
“Pull yourself up by the bootstraps” is a commonly used phrase, intended to indicate that if one is in a difficult situation, the solution is for them to just get…
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