In JAMA Psychiatry, Helena Hansen and I show that 'Deaths of Despair' (from overdose, suicide, alcohol) among Black Americans overtook the rate for White Americans in 2022.

This further debunks the narrative that these deaths uniquely harm White communities.

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Respectfully, colleague - The disappointing thing about this take is you actually can’t have an informed opinion on this if you are choosing to be gender neutral and racially indifferent. Because that is impossible. Her existence as a black woman shapes both how she is seen by…

Why are Black patients more likely to die waiting for a #HeartTransplant ?

What happens AFTER a patient gets listed for a 💗?

👇🏾 our paper in JAMA

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As leaders of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within academic, medical, and corporate institutions strive to improve equity and health for all, they are facing attacks from all sides. Read the new Perspective by Dr. Aletha Maybank: nej.md/4crK2Iz

The MA Senate is voting tomorrow on whether to limit how long families can be in shelter to 9 months, when it takes families on avg 40 months for families to get into housing. Read my piece on why limiting families time in shelter is wrong

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✨📚I can’t believe it’s already publication day! I am so thankful to everyone who made this possible—my family, friends, literary agent, editor, assistants & especially the contributors! It takes a village. I hope you’ll check it out. 🙏🏾🙏🏾 W. W. Norton & Company

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FINALLY! Just in time for the winter COVID surge, the CDC now has a useful wastewater dashboard.

It indicates that nationally COVID wastewater levels are HIGH and rising further.

You can access the dashboard here: cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID1…

I can’t tell you how deeply I believe this moment in time is what it is because we are trying to build multiracial, multiethnic, multi-religious, multicultural society w/ the same systems, skills, and norms of homogeneous society. Here are some skills I think we need get good at:

Following implementation of the ACA, the uninsured rate for all groups -- but especially for Hispanic, Black, and AIAN people -- fell dramatically.

Uninsured rates increased in the early years of the Trump presidency amidst effort to undermine the ACA.

It's live today! Dorothy Roberts' podcast, Torn Apart. Episode 1: 'TERROR.' Tune in iTunes Spotify iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Or LISTEN NOW: buzzsprout.com/2273025/139215… Buzzsprout Ms. Magazine

“…if we continue to build communities, then we block the option for a Palestinian state. We want to close the option for a Palestinian state, and the world wants to leave the option open. It’s a very simple thing to understand.” ⁦ newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/t…

Israel's reliance on US aid gives the Biden administration leverage to push for a cease-fire, hostage exchange, and an end to the slaughter of civilians—if it can find the political will. bit.ly/3SRXBtx

This past month, Palestinian medics have risked their lives & safety to treat Gaza’s wounded. Despite indiscriminate & endless bombardment by Israeli forces, our colleagues have kept working.

They can’t go on like this.

No one in Gaza can.

We need an immediate ceasefire.…

'We're on the fourth floor, there's a sniper who attacked four patients inside the hospital. One of them has a gunshot wound directly in his neck, and he is a quadriplegic [patient], and the other one [was shot] in the abdomen.' #Gaza

Dr Mohammed Obeid in Al-Shifa hospital.

“We are being killed here, please do something' texted one of MSF nurse from Al-Shifa hospital basement this morning, where he and his family were sheltering from the incessant bombing. #Gaza

URGENT: Hospitals in Gaza have been under bombardment the past 24 hrs. Al-Shifa Hospital complex, where our staff are still working, has been hit several times, resulting in multiple deaths & injuries.

The attacks against hospitals must STOP.

We NEED an immediate ceasefire.…

“The medical staff evacuated because of the shelling on the pediatric hospital, and they couldn’t save the babies to take them out, so they left five babies alone in the intensive care on the machines and the ventilators.”

The Washington Post

No words. 💔

#GAZA At the time of writing, our staff are witnessing people being shot at as they attempt to flee the Al-Shifa hospital.

According to the World Health Organization, in Gaza one child is killed every 10 minutes.