John Rosenthal, co-founder of Stop Handgun Violence, details the impact of Massachusetts' success with public policy on gun control and the choices officials must make to replicate that success nationwide.

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Reducing the Cost of Gun Violence

Sarah Kliff, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, offers her thoughts on health care reform, coronavirus, journalism in a time of misinformation, and the relationship between healthcare and public health.

Investigating the People's Health

Michael Stein, Chair of the Boston University School of Public Health Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, gives insight on the financial health of his patients while summarizing his new book, "BROKE: Patients Talk about Money with Their Doctor."

Broke

Cyrus Shahpar, Director of the Prevent Epidemics Team at the Resolve to Save Lives, puts forward his definition of epidemic intelligence and gives his thoughts on what we can learn from the response to Ebola.

A Resolve to Save Lives

Raagini Jawa, an expert in infectious disease and addiction medicine, considers her recovery from symptoms of Covid-19 during the 2020 Election.

Recovery in the Republic

Ibram X. Kendi reflects on Covid-19, the history of health disparities, freedom, and his best-selling book, "How to Be an Antiracist."

Antiracism and the Public's Health

Michael Siegel, an expert in tobacco control, alcohol use, and firearm violence, explains the surge in respiratory illness and death associated with vaping.

Making Smoking History

LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, first-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, offers her perspective on public health at a time when the country struggles to respond to two epidemics: coronavirus and police violence against minority communities.

Policing Black Lives

Dr. Marian Jarlenski, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, presents her research challenging claims that induced abortion harms women’s health, a line of reasoning that has emerged as state legislators increasingly seek to enact laws to regulate the provision of abortion.

Arguments, Evidence, and Abortion Policy

Dr. Michael Stein and Dr. Sandro Galea discuss PAINED, a collection of 50 short essays and 20 databytes that stimulate the national conversation about health.

Uncomfortable Conversations

Dr. Mary Bassett, Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, reflects on white supremacy as a determinant of health, lessons learned from the radical health movement, Black reparations, and advice for the next generation organizing to dismantle white supremacy in health systems.

White Supremacy and the Health of Populations

Harper Watters, a soloist in the Houston Ballet, speaks on art and public health, leveraging social media, representation of LGBTQ communities of color, and advice for the next generation trying to make their voices heard about HIV.

Harper Watters Dances for HIV Prevention

Michael Botticelli, Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, describes the state of the opioid epidemic, explains how policies changed in the eras of Obama and Trump, highlights bi-partisan efforts, and offers advice to the current generation of public health practitioners responding to the epidemic.

Michael Botticelli: The Politics of the Opioid Epidemic

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