#Disparities

Christopher T. Rentsch

DarthCTR

1/New study in @PLOSMedicine on racial/ethnic disparities in #COVID19 in US. Black and Hispanic people were 2x as likely to test positive than White people, even after adjustment. No difference

Kevin Maloney

KevinMalogna

White people: Centering Black voices is critical, but this DOES NOT mean we RT a few statements we approve of and then do nothing else. Listening does not mean that

Zuri Davis

ProperlyZuri

There are many secular reasons to oppose the death penalty (costs, failure to deter crime, racial disparities, innocence/DNA testing, lack of transparency from states, etc). There are also many reasons

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highestwinds

Hi, everyone! I'm highestwinds, a longtime resident of Madison WI who's recently used this platform to provide live police scanner, community meeting, & protest reports in solidarity with the Madison

The Health & Housing Consortium

bxconsortium

Each year on the same night as @NYCDHS’s Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) of people experiencing homelessness on streets and subways, we lead the Hospital Homeless Count to identify those

Dock Currie

DockCurrie

Blaming the lack of adequate social provision on 'humanity' when it is 100% class inequality, austerity, and neoliberalism which you *have never questioned or interrogated ever* is exceptionally on-brand @CBC.

TNI

TNInstitute

Between April and July, we hosted 12 global conversations to analyse the fallout from COVID-19 and to articulate the changes we need for a better world.The webinars were a grand

TheAvtoritet

TheAvtoritet

Ever wonder how we got here?Why our current world events seem outrageous?Let me introduce you to a theory of generational patterns, most likely first expressed by the Islamic scholar Ibn

Ashton Pittman

ashtonpittman

THREAD: As Trump announces Amy Coney Barrett, read this March 31, 2016 speech Hillary Clinton gave that the national media mostly ignored:"In a single term, the Supreme Court could demolish

John Eligon

jeligon

1/14 NEW: We've talked a lot about the structural reasons Covid19 is hitting black folks hard: pre-existing conditions, insurance, poverty, etcLess discussed is the most uncomfortable factor: racial bias at

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed many longstanding injustices, economic and social, that make life unduly perilous for Black Americans.There’s one that deserves more attention: How physicians treat patients very differently,

Tara Kiran

tara_kiran

Women physicians in Canada consistently earn less than menWhy? (No it’s not because what’s hidden in our underwear)Read our new analysis @cmaj @michellecohenhttps://www.cmaj.ca/content/192/35/E1011Or listen to the podcast https://soundc

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

In his address at the 50th National Conference of the ANC, Nelson Mandela decried "opponents of change" who used "all manner of evil" to oppose transformation in South Africa. Also,

Ben Paviour

BPaves

THREAD: African Americans account for 16 out 18 people who’ve died from COVID-19 in Richmond as of Monday. But health disparities here are nothing new.https://vpm.org/news/articles/13313/in-1918-pandemic-black-richmond-faced-new-virus-and

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 136San Francisco is experiencing a surge, so it might seem odd to focus on what SF has done –& continues to do– right. But w/

Dr. Jennifer Chen, MD FAAP

DrJenChen4kids

Looking forward to #AAP2020 #Peds21 on Advancing Child Health Equity with @RheaBoydMD @DrTiffJohnson @JyothiMarbin @MariaTrent5 "Every generation has to make a dent in the wall of injustice" - Dr. Mary