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According to KFF Health News, not a single nun serves in a top role at the nation’s more than six hundred Catholic hospitals. Sister Generose Gervais, a longtime administrator of the Mayo Clinic, is often quoted as saying, “No money, no mission.” A hospital can’t care for patients if it can’t pay for itself. But, O’Donnell told me, “people forget the second half of what she said: no mission, no need for money.”
The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here | the New Yorker
Dhruv Khullar
Reefer Madness was destined to become a cult humor classic among American college students in later years. A vivid example of the national frenzy that set the stage for federal pot prohibition, this film epitomized the synchronicity among Washington, Hollywood, and mainstream media in the war against cannabis.
Smoke Signals
Martin A. Lee
Like Mezz Mezzrow, the quintessential “White Negro” and legendary pot dealer, the Beats shared a deep affinity for black culture at a time when racial segregation was the norm.
Smoke Signals
Martin A. Lee
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