Talking About Palestine is an Exercise in Public Health

Originally published in Synapse on February 16, 1984. Next week, UCSF will be sponsoring a day-long symposium, “Affirmative Action in...

​This encouraging message adorned the museum courtyard of Golden Gate Park in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests...

[Originally published on February 5, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...

[Originally published on January 26, 1995.] On Jan. 20, Joseph E. Marshall, a founder and executive director of the Omega...

I’m young, healthy, and not a frontline worker, but I’ve gotten a COVID-19 vaccine. While some may see nothing wrong...

Originally published on December 8, 1992. In order to survive, Native Americans must maintain their tribal customs and not give...

[This submission won third place for the Synapse Storytelling Contest photography category.] An aerial photograph of the Black Lives Matter...

Dr. Balmes apologized for information published by this San Francisco Chronicle. Dr. Balmes need not apologize to me! Dr. Balmes...

Originally published on October 25, 2012. On my Saturday afternoon walk across San Francisco, I ran into Abel, a young...