equity & justice

Urge Your U.S. Representative: Stop Spending on Nuclear Weapons

April 15, 2025

April is Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Month of Action, and today, on Tax Day, we are calling on our members to speak out against the dangerous and unjust misuse of our tax dollars.

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Expanding a Washington tax credit could be a prescription to help lower-income patients

April 10, 2025

Op-ed in Washington State Standard by Esther K. Chung, MD, Washington PSR member.

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Worker Safety: Unseen Hazards and Unintended Consequences

April 9, 2025

Join PSR Pennsylvania for an eye-opening webinar addressing critical worker safety issues within wastewater management in the oil and gas industry.

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Multnomah County’s first Climate Justice Plan released for public comment; Board of Commissioners briefed

April 3, 2025
Protester with sign reading "Climate Justice Now!"

Press release from Multnomah County quoting Samantha Hernandez, Oregon PSR’s Healthy Climate Program director.

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Meet the investigators hunting oil well pollution in LA neighborhoods

March 31, 2025

Article in LAist on the methane leak work of Emma Silber, PSR-Los Angeles.

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Film Screening and Discussion: Cesar’s Last Fast

March 19, 2025

Join Texas PSR’s Dr. Brett Perkison as he moderates a discussion following the screening of “Cesar’s Last Fast”, a documentary on César Chavez’s fight for the humane treatment of farmworkers.

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Heat Illness and Extreme Weather Health Literacy: Communication Preferences and Effectiveness for Patients Living in Climate-Change-Vulnerable Communities

March 14, 2025

Study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health co-authored by Todd L. Sack, PSR Board Member, on communicating climate change health impacts to patients.

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How excessive rent increases harm the physical and mental health of Washingtonians

February 27, 2025

Op-ed in The News Tribune by Gleb Sych, Medical Student, Washington PSR Economic Inequity and Health Task Force.

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Frontline Communities Co-Sponsor Newly Introduced “Climate Superfund Act of 2025” to Make Polluters Pay for Climate-Fueled Disasters

February 21, 2025

Press release from Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California, quoting PSR-Los Angeles Executive Director Martha Dina Argüello.

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Healthy Democracy, Healthy Climate: Building a Movement of Health Professional Advocates

February 3, 2025

Session 4 of the Climate Change and Human Health (CCHH) Series, featuring PSR Executive Director Brian Campbell, PhD.

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