Closing Healthcare Access Gaps: The Power of Mobile Clinics
In an era marked by abundant medical advancements, it’s easy to assume that access to healthcare is a given. However, the reality is far from equitable, with many communities and individuals facing significant barriers to essential medical services. Despite being a pivotal concern within public health discourse, health disparities often fail to capture widespread attention. […]
Philanthropy in the Modern Age: A Complicated Legacy
In the 19th century, the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and their fellow magnates began amassing unimaginable wealth, while rapid industrialization created a new underclass of low-wage workers. The fortunes of gilded age tycoons were so massive and the amount of people in need were so many that a more systemized and scientific method of distributing money—the modern […]
Inclusive Cities: How Public Transit Shapes Our Cities, Communities, and Environment
The widest highway in the world, the Katy Freeway in Houston, has a staggering 26 lanes across and sees an average of 297,000 vehicles per day. Conversely, the portion of the 6 line that travels just through Manhattan sees an average daily ridership of 410,912 people. For decades, we designed cities to maximize the number […]
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