The 'South's First Office of Health Equity'

What it’s like to direct a poor Southern state through the eye of the COVID-19 storm, according to the groundbreaking former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.

By Rebekah Gee

September 11, 2020, 2:35 pm – 19 MIN READ

Fixing Racial Health Disparities

They’re probably the single most glaring fact of American life the virus has exposed. What do we do?

By Jamila K. Taylor

August 13, 2020, 3:33 pm – 10 MIN READ

The Looming Eviction Crisis

Housing expert and best-selling author Matthew Desmond tells Democracy what’s coming. It isn’t pretty.

By Matthew Desmond

August 3, 2020, 2:04 pm – 17 MIN READ

COVID and Rural America

We think first of hard-hit cities, but rural areas are getting smacked, too, and need a different kind of help.

By Olugbenga Ajilore

July 23, 2020, 3:02 pm – 9 MIN READ