I’ll never forget walking into a high school classroom where students everybody called “the troublemakers” sat slouched in their seats, phones in hand. Teachers saw defiance, disrespect, and disengagement. I saw exhaustion, emptiness, and escape. That moment reminded me of something most adults forget—or maybe never knew: adolescent health is like a thrift store find….
Cancer Prevention is similar to car maintenance, except some neighborhoods ain’t even got a garage. When your check engine light flicks on, you got options. Take it to the shop now, wait till payday, or ignore it and hope for the best. But that same light hits different depending on where you live, what’s in…
A word about Participatory Budgeting… It’s not soley about budgets. It’s about who gets to decide what goes on the menu for our communities. So let’s get into it. Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process where community members, folk who live and breath in their area(not just elected official) directly decide how to spend…
You know that squeaky stair in your grandma’s house that everybody just “learns to skip”? The one where your whole family’s got an unspoken system: We all got that stair. And we all got that complex dance to avoid the consequences. But here’s something that’ll make you think – what we call “accidents” in America…
Oh, you a frequent traveller? Here’s a word about about global health that’ll change how you think about your next flight delay. You know how one cancelled flight in Chicago can mess up somebody’s travel plans in Miami? That’s not just an airline problem – that’s a perfect picture of how global health works. Except…
Think about running a theater production. Every successful show has understudies ready to step in, backup sets stored for emergencies, and protocols drilled until they’re muscle memory. But when it comes to pandemic preparedness? We’re out here running the biggest show on Earth with half the safety nets we need in the name of penny…
A note about foundations. Not the makeup kind – I’m talking about the literal concrete and steel that holds up buildings. Because when we talk about racism as a public health crisis, we’re dealing with some seriously cracked foundations that everybody keeps trying to cover up with fresh paint and fancy furniture. When you build…
Heart disease, America’s #1 killer is a lot like soil erosion – it happens so gradually that you don’t notice until there’s a landslide. And just like erosion, it ain’t just about what’s happening on the surface. 941,652 lives. Nearly a million Americans. That’s how many people cardiovascular disease claimed in 2022 alone – up…
Policy decisions are like colors on a canvas, and right now, we’re letting some communities get painted in grayscale while others get the full spectrum. Some neighborhoods glow with grocery stores, parks, and safe streets. Others? They’re stuck in grayscale—where fresh food, reliable transit, and even clean air are just out of reach. The thing…
Like the Wu Tang Clan, environmental health ain’t nun to fuck with. via GIPHY The Earth’s been our janitor since day one, cleaning our air, filtering our water, and absorbing our mess. But we’re acting like entitled tenants who think cleanup is just “part of the job.” And let me tell you – this ain’t…