In 1968, my country went to war. As Soviet tanks rolled toward Prague, newspapers described the invasion of Czechoslovakia as an act of “friendship.”
If 2020 was a year of reckoning, 2021 was a year of action—and major milestones for The Cancer Letter and the cancer community.
Forty-nine years and a few days after the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971, we launched the Cancer History Project. One year and 11,894 articles later, we have built a shared, collaborative, and unprecedented resource.
Two years have gone by since we put together our first summer reading issue in 2019—and by the gods, what a ride these two years have been!
The Cancer Letter received eight 2021 Dateline Awards from the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists—five for journalism, and three for illustration.
It is no small task to fully rebuild the website of a publication that has 16,118 published articles.
We are shocked and horrified by the recent spate of violence and hate crimes against people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent across the United States.In response to these events, The Cancer Letter is stepping up coverage of inequities and disparities—and we are seeking your help and guidance on an upcoming series of investigative stories.As a publication that actively advocates for racial justice and health equity, we condemn these attacks, which have led to deaths, severe injuries, and widespread fear in AAPI communities.
Historical documents have a way of vanishing. Manuscripts, letters, and photographs end up in city dumps. Memories become less granular, insight is lost. The documents that do get preserved often require a trip to the archives.
It is not a matter of editorial opinion to say these words: Black Lives Matter.
