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Hace casi un año, en una tarde normal, recogiendo a mi hijo de la escuela, me di cuenta de que claramente algo andaba mal en mí. Mi mano derecha se debilitó y me resultaba difícil girar el volante. El lado derecho de mi cara empezó a hundirse y no podía formar una frase clara. Pero mi […]

To win progressive change, including a healthcare system that puts people over profit, we need to build a bigger “we” — a broad and powerful base of people who will fight for democratic control and systems that work for all of us. Center for Health Progress staff and eight of our leaders recently joined 900+ […]

Ever since I can remember, I have been providing English interpretation and translation for my parents, who are monolingual Spanish speakers. Without other options, my parents were forced to rely on me to help them communicate, not just at grocery stores or school functions, but also as they tried to navigate more serious things like […]

Growing up, and for much of my life, I internalized the belief that to think only of others, acting out of selflessness, was the key to a meaningful life. All around me, I saw that those viewed as most worthy in our society were often celebrated for how much they served other people, even though […]

Growing up as the daughter of Cuban immigrants, I was taught to always be grateful for what I had, no matter how bad things were. While this made me very humble, it kept me from critiquing many of the systems in the US, even when they didn’t work for me.  I became uninsured at the […]