In Depth with Harriet Washington
Science writer and author Harriet Washington talked about the history of the use and misuse of science and medicine in the United States. She is the author of Deadly Monopolies, Medical Apar…
2,186 viewsScience writer and author Harriet Washington talked about the history of the use and misuse of science and medicine in the United States. She is the author of Deadly Monopolies, Medical Apar…
2,186 viewsAuthor Harriet Washington argued that Americans are being denied the right to say “no” to taking part in medical research. This virtual event was hosted by Revolution Books in New York City.
244 viewsJoshua Goldstein (A Bright Future), Andrew McAfee (More from Less), and Harriet Washington (A Terrible Thing to Waste) discussed their books on climate change and the environment.
257 viewsIbram Kendi (How to Be An Antiracist) and Harriet Washington (A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Min") talked about racism in the United States. …
898 viewsBioethicist Harriet Washington talked about her book, A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind, in which she detailed how environmental hazards im…
1,060 viewsHarriet Washington talked about her book, Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We “Catch” Mental Illness. She spoke in the C-SPAN 2/BookTV tent at the 20th annual Texas Book …
1,548 viewsPanelists talked about race, science, and health. Topics included the history of medical experimentation on African Americans, the complex connection between race and DNA, racial health disp…
497 viewsHarriet Washington talked about her book, Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, in which she chronicles the …
465 viewsHarriet Washington argues that a growing corporate presence in the medical industry yields dire consequences for patients, as drug development and research is initiated on a for-profit basis…
1,536 viewsBadi Foster, Christopher Edley, and Marlon Marshall talked about the state of education. Then Peggy McIntosh, Alford McMichael, and Maria Echaveste commented on their presentation and the pa…
761 viewsFormer U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and his wife, playwright Janet Langhart Cohen, hosted a conference at the National Press Club on “Race and Reconciliation in Ame…
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