The Crossing: Recent Episodes
Capital & Main
Capital & Main’s weeklong podcast series The Crossing, we take a closer look at the intersection of health, wealth and race in California. The same groups that have constantly struggled to access health care in the state – lower income families, Blacks and Latinos, immigrant workers, the homeless — are disproportionately represented among both COVID cases and deaths.
The L.A. County Supervisor shares her own experience inside the state’s fractured medical system and the huge stakes in creating a better one.
Michelle Burton of the Social Change Institute talks about structural racism and its effect on generations of vulnerable communities.
The California Immigrant Policy Center's Sarah Dar makes the case for universal health care.
Venice Family Clinic's Elizabeth Benson Forer explains how the dramatic growth of her essential facility reflects the breakdown of our health care system.
Forty years into her career, RN Cathy Kennedy believes the poor and people of color will never get fair treatment until we make systemic change.