Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico By Jasper Feinberg and Dr. Simón Barquera, PhD Only two places in North America have enacted a soda tax: Berkeley, California and Mexico. Although Berkeley is often considered the most liberal American city, it was Mexico that first passed a soda tax, and served as inspiration to community members in Berkeley lobbying... Continue Reading →
Un Salario Digno to Improve Health in the Dominican Republic
by John Landefeld and Katharine Burmaster There’s an economic revolution happening in a small apparel factory in the city of Villa Altagracia, in the Dominican Republic. Three years ago, the Alta Gracia factory became the first apparel factory in the developing world to pay their workers a living wage, one calculated to meet a family’s... Continue Reading →
