What are key factors for successful partnerships between health care organizations and communities? We discuss strategies for building trust and engaging effectively.

In this special edition of Ethics Talk, Dr Uché Blackstock joins us to discuss COVID-19 morbidity and mortality outcomes inequity by race and what needs to change now and postpandemic. Transcript available.

Dr Patrick Smith talks about intersections of public health, civic good and spiritual well-being during this COVID-19 pandemic. 

Leaders from a coalition of environmental, human rights, and religious organizations talk about the need to enact a nationwide moratorium on utilities shutoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Ziad Obermeyer talks about the potential impact on mortality of cost-sharing practices of health insurers.

Dr Carla Perissonotto talk about the health consequences of social isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Kathryn Olivarius talks about the impact of yellow fever outbreaks on the antebellum South and how this past can inform how we view the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Brie Williams talks about protecting those among us in and near correctional facilities during a public health emergency.

Bobby Watts, MPH, MS, CPH, talks about ways to address the health needs of homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences commission members talk about their June 2020 report recommendations aimed at restoring trust in our constitutional democracy.