[Originally published December 12, 2011.] In many hospital rooms, the steady beeping of a cardiac monitor is the most soothing...

In January, as I prepared to start my traditional “third year” clinical clerkships, I was feeling nervous. In particular, I...

The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. Strong Black Women Angry Black Women Resilient Black Women The...

Match McGregory’s “Excerpt from the Art of Amateur Sadness” debuts an unwritten anti- self-help book that lists the ways to...

[Originally published on November 13, 1997.] Last week the United States Supreme Court ruled that it would not hear a...

[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling contest personal essay category.] Happy Pride! I’m writing this with a literal rainbow...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 6, 2003.] What comes to your mind when you hear the words “forensic medicine?”...

[Originally published on October 25, 2007.] Midway through my first year preceptorship, a particularly difficult patient interview taught me the...

Mirror Need I scream even with this coat, you refuse to see me. my sweet alto

[Originally published in Synapse on October 19, 2006.] What does the term “race” mean? Is it a social construct or...

[This submission earned Woodger Faugas first place in the Storytelling Contest personal essay category.] Imagine finding yourself: the center of...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 10, 1991.] UC Berkeley Professor Neil Gilbert’s article, “The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault,”...

[First place for the Storytelling Contest photography category.] This picture was taken a few months before the 2020 US presidential...

The culmination of weeks of political farce comes on October 7, when California voters will vote on whether to recall...

[Victoria Turner’s submission won first place in the Storytelling Contest’s science writing category.] As the pressures and restrictions of 2020...