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Why
is it that African Americans often appear
to get less in terms of quality health care?
Most
racial disparities in treatment are results
of geography
variations
and hospital quality, said Dartmouth economics
professor
Amitabh Chandra, during a recent talk at U.Va.’s
School of Law. Chandra
used Medicare data on heart
attack
patients
across
the country
to study the connection between race, geography
and hospital quality. Full
story.
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 So
much is heard about the Christian Right, but
what about those from the other side? Though
the Christian Left is an active ally in helping
transform the country’s social problems, the
force is vastly
overlooked. In his new book,
“The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social
Justice, from the Civil Rights Movement to
Today,” U.Va. professor of religious studies
Charles Marsh looks at how Christians influenced
the American civil rights movement in the 1950s
and 1960s, and how the faith-based movement
of today continues to pursue social justice
and civil
rights. Full
story.
U.Va.
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