health care - Letters From The Left

‘Profit before people’ is fascism, and fascism killed my son

By leslieboyd / March 18, 2019

Eleven years ago today, I brought my son home to die. I can’t describe to you how that feels. Unless […]

By leslieboyd / March 16, 2019

Beto O’Rourke hasn’t said he supports Medicare for All. Beto O’Rourke won’t get my vote unless he does. John Hickenlooper […]

By leslieboyd / March 2, 2019

Walking around the Legislature Building the other day, talking to Democrats and Republicans about the necessity of expanding access to […]

By leslieboyd / February 10, 2019

Onstage at the annual Moral March on Raleigh, from the left, NC NAACP President Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman; NC […]

By leslieboyd / June 8, 2018

I got arrested again. For the fifth time, I was arrested for trying to speak to lawmakers about the mess […]

By leslieboyd / April 2, 2018

Ten years ago today was my first day of life without my precious son. It has been difficult every moment […]

By leslieboyd / March 30, 2018

Ten years ago today, we had a dozen or so people in the house. Along about mid-afternoon, Mike was napping […]

By leslieboyd / November 3, 2017

Today is my 65th birthday. It would have been my son’s 43rd. This is the 10th birthday I have celebrated […]

By leslieboyd / October 2, 2017

It’s not enough that I lost a son to lack of access to health care. It’s not enough that my […]

By leslieboyd / September 27, 2017

I have learned first-hand how arbitrary and cruel our “justice” system can be. Thirty-one of us were arrested July […]