- Carly Weisenberg
The Latest: Updates from on the Ground
Stay informed with the latest from Center for Health Progress. Here, we highlight key moments from our fight to get corporate greed out of our healthcare system, including legislative battles, campaign wins, and community stories.
- Staff
Taking the power to D.C. to build a bigger “We”!
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+ […]
Click to read Taking the power to D.C. to build a bigger “We”!>- Andrea Escalera
No health justice without language justice
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 […]
Click to read No health justice without language justice>- Dana Kennedy
Claiming what I want and deserve
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 […]
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- Dayana Leyva
Stepping into my power as a first generation American
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 […]
Click to read Stepping into my power as a first generation American>- Rayna Hetlage
Breaking out of the professional box
Click to read Breaking out of the professional box>- Marissa Hallo
Building our base of leaders
Click to read Building our base of leaders>- Nonprofit Quarterly
Reclaiming Control: The History and Future of Choice in Our Health
This five-part series, Reclaiming Control: The History and Future of Choice in Our Health, examines how healthcare in the US has been built on the principle of imposing control over body, mind, and expression. The Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade—which stripped millions of people with uteruses of bodily autonomy—is just the latest knot in a […]
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