With 2023 coming to a close, the NPQ team takes a reflective look at some of the health justice articles published in the past year that resonated most. The selections below are expansive conversations on mental health amid the climate crisis, sabbaticals for BIPOC leaders, the struggle against private equity in healthcare, disability justice, and much more. We hope you enjoy reading these!

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The Call of Leadership Now: BIPOC Leaders in a Syndemic Era

1. The Call of Leadership Now: BIPOC Leaders in a Syndemic Era

Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

2. Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

How Private Equity Is Swallowing Up Health Care—And What to Do About It

3. How Private Equity Is Swallowing Up Health Care—And What to Do About It

A Growing Movement of Sabbaticals for BIPOC Leaders

4. A Growing Movement of Sabbaticals for BIPOC Leaders

Beyond Identity Funding: Rethinking Social Justice Philanthropy

5. Beyond Identity Funding: Rethinking Social Justice Philanthropy

“There’s No Such Thing as a Single-Issue Struggle”: A Conversation with Kitana Ananda, Naa Amissah-Hammond, and Quanita Toffie

6. “There’s No Such Thing as a Single-Issue Struggle”: A Conversation with Kitana Ananda, Naa Amissah-Hammond, and Quanita Toffie

How the Climate Crisis is Changing Mental Healthcare

7. How the Climate Crisis is Changing Mental Healthcare

Keeping the Child at the Heart of the Circle: Supporting Native Child Welfare

8. Keeping the Child at the Heart of the Circle: Supporting Native Child Welfare

Coffee Companies That Emphasize Hiring Disabled Workers Fall Short

9. Coffee Companies That Emphasize Hiring Disabled Workers Fall Short

How Disabled People Are Building Political Power

10. How Disabled People Are Building Political Power

What Can a COVID Outbreak at a Writing Conference Teach Us about Community Care?

11. What Can a COVID Outbreak at a Writing Conference Teach Us about Community Care?

Rest: A Middle Finger to Oppression, a Road Map to Justice

12. Rest: A Middle Finger to Oppression, a Road Map to Justice