Clinicians have an ethical obligation to promote health equity in their communities. This month, we discuss how clinicians worked to expose the water crisis in Flint, and explore ways that clinicians can combat systemic injustice and promote health equity.

Megan Chao Smith joins Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Dr Shanda Demorest: “How Should Clinicians and Health Care Organizations Respond When Civic Planning Concentrates Waste Processing in Minoritized Communities?”

Dr Noelle Driver joins Ethics Talk to discuss the status of health care workers earning low wages, and Pheobe Cohen shares how her own experience in health care helps motivate her artistic practice as a comic maker.

Dr Mignon Duffy joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Why Improving Low-Wage Health Care Jobs Is Critical for Health Equity.”

Professor Nicole Hallet joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Wage Theft and Worker Exploitation in Health Care.”

Dr Evguenia S. Popova joins Ethics Talk to discuss how collaborations between academic health centers and arts institutions can help students build their professional skills in empathic responsiveness and communication.

Debbie Berkowitz joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Anna D. Goff, Dr Kathleen Marie Fagan, and Dr Monica L. Gerrek: "Do Clinics in Meat and Poultry Plants Endanger Workers?”

Brian Robert Smith joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Greener Health Care Is a Necessity.”

Dr Anne Graff LaDisa joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Erica Chou, Amy Zelenski, and Sara Lauck: “How to Use Improv to Help Interprofessional Students Respond to Status and Hierarchy in Clinical Practice.”

Jamaljé R. Bassue joins Ethics Talk to discuss his short film: “You Might Be Here Awhile.”