I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to be correct when the historical record is probed carefully.

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But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were...

But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were...

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be...

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be...

In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order...

In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order...

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many...

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many...

Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.

Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.

I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not...

I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not...

I mean we grew up in a TB bus and I became a TB doctor.

I mean we grew up in a TB bus and I became a TB doctor.

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering...

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering...

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing...

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing...

We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS,...

We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS,...

At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different,...

At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different,...

I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade...

I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade...

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The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one...

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination,...

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination,...

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute...

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute...

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should...

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should...

I recommend the same therapies for all humans with HIV. There is no reason to...

I recommend the same therapies for all humans with HIV. There is no reason to...

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But...

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But...

I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social...

I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social...

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care...

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care...