Historically redlined communities have slower EMS response times missouriindependent.com/briefs/histo... StL City had redlining, as you may know. Described in a different article: www.thesaintlouisstory.org/history-1/19...

Historically redlined communities experience slower EMS response times, a new @jama.com study finds. Areas that were historically Grade D had a higher proportion of residents without rapid EMS compared with Grade A areas. Read the study by @cberrytraumamd.bsky.social et al.: tinyurl.com/5wtb2226

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

In 2024 NIH grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 billion in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Everytime MSNBC has a “shakeup” the black woman solo led show is ALWAYS the first to go. MHP, Tamron Hall, Tiffany Cross, Zerlina Maxwell and now Joy Reid. The track record speaks for itself. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...

He nails it.

Bravo @plos.org! US exec orders "stand in direct conflict with our core values, our mission, edit policies" "PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor & editorial integrity... we seek diversity because more expert voices make for better science" theplosblog.plos.org/2025/02/plos...

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✅ DEI Employer of the Day™ DSW "We believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion [DEI], and call on our associates, customers, and communities to hold us accountable to showing it every day." The NAACP Black Consumer Advisory encourages consumers to 'buy-in' on companies that back their values.

Knowledge is power…

Another reason to ❤️ Costco. While Target and others cancel diversity to appease Trump, Costco’s investing in the community—building apartments above its stores, starting in LA. This $425M project includes 184 low-income units, with key services, plus a rooftop pool and fitness center.

I believe!

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

This is dangerously irresponsible on every level. Indiscriminately slashing this funding will cripple lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction.

The Senate HELP Committee has jurisdiction over NIH. GOP members of the committee represent AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC. Research universities and hospitals in those states need to be extra loud.

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Sign of the day… New Jersey

4/ Alexa Irene Canady, MD - first Black female neurosurgeon in US - research led to invention of programmable antisiphon shunt to treat hydrocephalus - inducted into #Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1989 #BlackHistoryMonth  #BHM

3/ LD Britt MD - first Black awarded endowed chair in surgery major American medical school - former President @facs.org - AAMC Glaser Distinguished Teaching Award, highest teaching award in medicine - @nbmedical.bsky.social Distinguished Service Award #BlackHistoryMonth  #BHM

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“DEI is not a threat but a gift” #AliciaKeys #grammysky #grammys2025

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

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Dear Leaders of the Free World, Fight him at every turn. Make his life miserable. Expose his ignorance and sociopathy. Oppose and condemn and marginalize him. The decent people of this nation are not with him. We stand with you. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...

Did you know? In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine. The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.

Excellent post

These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business. Costco Meijer Kroger Giant Grocery Ben & Jerry’s Ulta, Macy’s Old Navy Nordstrom’s TJ Maxx GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…) Dollar Tree Walgreens Wegmans

Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)

Cheers to 2025!!!🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾

This is why I support DEI. The existing system operates to exclude women and minorities. Period.

If you don’t think this is exactly what we’re up against, then you haven’t been paying attention.

President Biden appointing 61 Black LIFETIME judges during his time in office is a serious flex. He understood the damn assignment.

Facts matter. Science saves lives. Anti-science destroys them.

Diversity is strength, and it is joy. #IDIC IYKYK

Vice President Kamala Harris is the Ebony Magazine Icon of the Year. REPOST if you love Kamala 💙

Transparency in data paired with accountability are critical to achieving #healthequity for all. Given the profound racial/ethnic inequities in the US maternal mortality rate, especially among Black women, dismantling the Georgia Committee on Maternal Mortality is unacceptable & disgraceful. #resist

Feels right that my 1st post here should be to share this incredible RCT, led by my PhD supervisor Nick Daneman: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Main takeaway: 7-days of abx should be the standard of care for patients with uncomplicated non-S. aureus BSI. A deep dive 🧵: #IDsky

A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.