11 Apr, 2021
One small statement from CDC, one giant hope for our humanity
I (Leslie) am a clinician and have been for many years. I’ve been Black for many more years, all my life.
11 Apr, 2021
13 Dec, 2020
How Portland Radicalized Me
Today I find myself in an untenable position. I run an online encrypted mental health service to serve the Portland protest movement...
6 Jun, 2020
Finding Peace in Chaotic Times
“Conflict is eternal and inevitable. Only the manner in which we manage it is our choice. The global crisis caused...
28 May, 2020
The most lethal comorbidity
“Medical epidemiologists have tracked the underlying health challenges that have pushed a dangerous infection of coronavirus into fatalities…” Wim Laven...
16 May, 2020
The Dangerous Consequences of Bias
“It must be said upfront: not all bias is bad—some of them are essentially heuristics, shortcuts that help us process...
9 May, 2020
Trump botched all this
“OK, I have seen, in my life, Eisenhower and Kennedy and Johnson and Nixon botch Vietnam. I have seen Reagan...
7 May, 2020
Racial Fault Lines and the Coronavirus
“Along with millions of other Southern Californians, my family and I have been learning to live with the probability in...
1 May, 2020
Mayday, Mayday, May Day!
““Mayday!” signals a life-threatening emergency. Everyone who hears it immediately understands the grave urgency and the call to action. “M-aidez”...
29 Apr, 2020
A united world must break out of prison
“At a time when the president wants to reopen the economy — but not the borders! — it’s time to...
22 Apr, 2020
Trump is not a wartime president — and COVID-19 is not a war
“Using a war narrative to talk about COVID-19 plays into the hands of white supremacist groups. U.S. officials and the...
20 Apr, 2020
New stimulus must include benefits for immigrant essential workers
“As soon as it passed, Congressional lawmakers realized the $2.2 trillion CARES stimulus package to help the country through the...
19 Apr, 2020
Bailout the People
“As the global pandemic of the novel coronavirus rages around the world there are copious amounts of finger-pointing and blame…”...
19 Apr, 2020
AWOL: Trump’s Disappearing Leadership
“Who’s In Charge? Donald Trump’s political strategy during the coronavirus pandemic is simple: insist the federal…” Mel Gurtov Published in:...
16 Apr, 2020
War, irony and the new normal
“The uber-irony about the deadly coronavirus is that, as it claims lives, endangers millions and interrupts the social normal…” Robert...
9 Apr, 2020
COVID-19 is Manufactured Chaos
“In late December of last year, the Chinese announced an epidemic in Wuhan. The autocratic Chinese government should have made...