Straight Talk About the Pain of Poverty
New book features 50-plus essays that bring personal experiences with penury into sharp focus.
The Indypendent
Healthcare
Life Before Disability Justice
Debbie Chein recounts the story of her disabled twin sister and how her family’s decision to not institutionalize her both enriched and complicated their lives.
No More Panic Attacks for the Man
A radical activist opens up about her depression and anxiety.
Doctors at Elmhurst Hospital Hit the Picket Line and Win Contract
The around 165 residents at Elmhurst, employed by Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine, reached a tentative contract agreement that would give them an 18% raise over three years.
Medicaid’s Great Unwinding Will Leave Up to 200,000 New Yorkers Fully Uninsured
Means-testing health care for the poor is making a comeback. Don’t let new paperwork hurdles trip you up.
However Briefly, COVID Cured Us of Capitalism
During the worst of COVID-19, we saw another world was possible.
Retired City Workers Hold Largest Medicare Advantage Protest to Date
Retired city workers have been protesting mayoral plans to hand over their health-care coverage to privately run Medicare Advantage…
Op-Ed: Once the Most Secure, Public Sector Workers are Now Being Left Out To Dry
New York City has become a vanguard of the kind of collaboration between government and union leaders that is driving labor conditions downward.
Chrissy Warren became a firefighter and Britney Daniels, a registered nurse and their memoirs about their occupational choices will leave you shaking your head both in gratitude and grief.
A Black Queer Nurse’s Journey into the Inhumanity of the U.S. Healthcare System
Author Britney Daniels is a keen observer, and her description of the medical field is riveting.