“We as health care workers felt like we needed to create a group ... to give people an opportunity to connect the dots that being healthy isn’t just about eating right or exercising, but it is about participating in your civic engagement,” says Dr. Manisha Sharma, a family medicine physician and the co-founder of Vote Health 2020, a group of healthcare professionals working to increase the number of patients registered to vote.

Last night, during the Democratic National Convention, the country heard a virtually unprecedented against the President of the United States by his immediate predecessor, former President Barack Obama. Here are the highlights.

Before she died of covid-19, one mother left a dramatic plea for people to take the virus seriously, Sara Montoya was confident that she would overcome the nightmare she was living through, but unfortunately, she lost her life.

Hundreds of residents of Nevada, and presumably other western states, suffered serious delays in their immigration filings after a U.S. postal worker in Utah is alleged to have destroyed their documents.

“Last night was a great night for the DNC to highlight their commitment to women and to gender equality… they demonstrated the commitment goes beyond to just including women at the table but to actually listening to their concerns,” says Celeste Montoya, a political science and gender studies professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Joe Biden was officially nominated for president during the second night of the Democratic National Convention. His wife, Jill Biden, was front and center as well as other prominent Democrats and some Republicans who now side with Biden. Here are the highlights.