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  • 3 weeks ago | rooseveltinstitute.org | Stephen Nuñez |Abdul El-Sayed |Naomi Zewde |Raz Edwards

    Good health care in the United States requires good health insurance, which provides access to the preventive and emergency medical care that is critical to our health and well-being. But good health insurance in the US is also a shield against financial ruin, a protective benefit that receives comparatively little attention in health-care policy debates.

  • 1 month ago | the.ink | Anand Giridharadas |Leigh Haber |Abdul El-Sayed

    We just got off another truly inspiring Live conversation, this time with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who’s running for Senate in Michigan, and with our own Leigh Haber, who’s heading up the brand-new Ink Book Club. And both conversations focused on how to stand up to Trump — not just by fighting against his regime, but by building community, and engaging in the kind of radically empathetic acts that let us build the America that could and should be.

  • 1 month ago | rooseveltinstitute.org | Brian Highsmith |LiJia Gong |Abdul El-Sayed |Cecilia Muñoz

    ‘Restoring Democratic Institutions’ is part of the 2025 Roosevelt essay collection: Restoring Economic Democracy: Progressive Ideas for Stability and Prosperity(Martin Wheeler, Eye Em /Getty Images)The roots of authoritarianism have grown cracks in our constitutional order and destabilized the foundation of democracy. The prevailing story on the Left points to Donald Trump as the main cause of this expansive destruction. And for good reasons.

  • Aug 27, 2024 | incision-media.ghost.io | Abdul El-Sayed

    You’ve probably never heard of Trikafta — unless you or someone you love lives with cystic fibrosis. The drug has fundamentally changed cystic fibrosis care, extending life expectancy by decades. But the drug costs $326,000 a year — and requires people to be on it for life. Abdul reflects on the central challenge at promoting life-saving innovations that the people who need them can afford.

  • Mar 22, 2024 | freep.com | Abdul El-Sayed

    Tammy Bowman died of measles at Detroit Children’s Hospital in Detroit in 1990. She was the most recent Michigander to die of the disease. Thirty-four years on, I worry she may not be the last. Her story highlights just how insidious measles is — but also how preventable it can be. When Tammy was about to start school her parents realized her vaccination records had been lost in a basement flood.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed
6 Jun 25

Eid-ul-Adha commemorates the life and leadership of the prophet Abraham, peace and blessings be upon him. Muslims around the world reflect on his and his family’s sacrifices for their beliefs in service of a higher calling. In a time when too many leaders use their power for

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed
6 Jun 25

When you elect a clown, you get a circus.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed
5 Jun 25

We need leadership that has the courage to tell the truth about where we are and what it will take to confront and solve the problems we face as a country. https://t.co/gbtKltemvd