
Tina Sacks
@tinakim
Associate Professor-UC-Berkeley;fields of interest: race, class, gender, health disparities, neo-liberalism and the welfare state
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02-07-2007 13:28:23
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Experiencing all this flooding in NYC right now and thinking about all the politicians who told me that pursuing a Green New Deal to adapt our nat’l infrastructure to climate change is “unrealistic” & “too expensive.” As if doing too little is the responsible, adult thing to do?





In support of Black History Month, we are featuring Tina Sacks, an associate professor at UC Berkeley, who has dedicated her research to highlighting, understanding, and making a difference in racial inequities in health, social determinants of health, and poverty and inequality.






How did Brett “Da Keghead” Kavanaugh and Handmaiden COVID Barrett’s nomination pass the same Senate Judiciary Committee that deadlocked on Ketanji Brown Jackson? Easy. When you’re accustomed to white mediocrity, Black excellence feels like aggression. thegrio.com/2022/04/05/bla…

BREAKING: In a supplemental clemency filing from Melissa Lucio's legal team, the jury foreperson in trial joins the growing calls to stop her execution. A total of 5 jurors five now stating they have grave concerns about evidence withheld from them. innocenceproject.org/filing-jury-fo…


A write-up about our recent work: Depression in college-educated Black Americans linked to discrimination source.wustl.edu/2023/01/depres… Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity WashUBrownSchool Tina Sacks Shervin Assari, MD MPH CSD