Justice-Driven Journalism
[In this series, past editors-in-chief reflect on their time leading the paper.] I was a member of the the Synapse editorial board from 1982 to 1985, serving for three years as the editor -in-chief.
Beyond Judgment: Empathy as the Antidote in the Opioid Crisis
A place where individuals can inject drugs with either in-person or virtual supervision may sound like a dystopian reality, but...
This Date in UCSF History: Anti-LGBTQ Law Passes
[Originally published on March 9, 2000.] As many people in the community had anticipated, Proposition 22, which limited the definition...
This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era for Women
[Originally published in Synapse on March 5, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...
Protecting Medication Abortion is Reproductive Justice
The next attack on abortion rights in the United States threatens far-reaching and drastic consequences on the state of reproductive...
My Experience as a Black Man and Prospective Juror In San Francisco’s Hallowed Halls of Justice
It was a rainy and blustery Tuesday morning. Clutching a white, large-canopied umbrella, with rainwater splashing around my footsteps, I...
This Date in UCSF History: A Textbook Case of Historical Distortion
[Originally authored by pharmacy student Gina Jones and published in Synapse on February 18, 1993.] “History is a people’s memory...
Community Partnerships and Transformative Legislature: The Route to Equitable Abortion Access
It has been nearly one and a half years since Roe V. Wade was overturned by Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
This Date in UCSF History: Abuses Told About Experiments on Prisoners
[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1977.] Inmates of California’s prison system are currently being used as subjects for...
Decolonizing Global Health: The Urgent Need for Diverse Authorship
Originally a method through which European colonizers exerted power over the colonized, the field of global health has taken different...