A highlight of my new intro #qualitative research course @hsph.harvard.edu was bringing in two fabulous collaborators - Davine Holness and Bella de Sa. They lost me a bit when they talked about loving coding, but at least we all agreed on the beauty of #participatory, justice-focused research.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Pure joy! 🤩 That’s how we all felt yesterday as we celebrated the amazing achievements of the @hsph.harvard.edu Class of 2025.

Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, as well as faculty and staff, at Harvard Chan School. Today, we celebrated the many achievements of this year's award winners at a ceremony in the Kresge building. View the full list of awards and winners:

Muhammad Jawad Noon, MPH '25, addressed his fellow graduates in the Class of 2025. Watch Convocation live and learn more about Harvard Chan School graduation celebrations at hsph.me/graduation #HarvardChan25

In addition to gutting Medicaid and SNAP, the House Reconciliation bill takes aim at the clean energy boom 🔋🌱 Slashing clean energy tax credits = slashing jobs in your own district 💼⚡️ Let’s see how that plays out 👀

Promising practices for health equity - a new podcast from my pals at @rwjf.bsky.social's Interdisciplinary Research Leaders. Come hear from community- and university-based researchers on the what, why, and how of health equity work in these wild times.

@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Then, trust.

20 ARMED men bust into your home. They claim they’ve got a search warrant. They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear. They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings. The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —*Arrested* at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

BREAKING NYT: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.

We just wanted to keep you all updated estimates are now approaching 4 million. Incredible job pulling this off on a holiday weekend! It was tough to get accurate counts today because small towns showed up in force. Some states had record-breaking turnout we didn’t expect this includes

This is our moment in history to stand.

Protesters in Chicago are marching! Let’s go!!!

Elizabethtown, Ky had over 200 protestors!! Our first protest here!!!

ONE IF BY LAND TWO IF BY D.C. the north end church in boston it’s 250 years today @northendpage.bsky.social

Not the same indeed.

Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.

Congrats to the amazing Dr. (!!!!) Kieran Todd, who defended their @hsph.harvard.edu dissertation yesterday! Beautiful example of place-based, justice-driven, intersectional work. How many folks can share results of Latent Class Analysis and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis at one shot?

Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools) Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants

Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever they aren’t going into universities’ endowments they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research

“So this is my radical proposal for universities: …Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement.”

We are hiring for our next Chief Communications Officer at @ucsusa.bsky.social to lead our communications across platforms and audiences to meet our mission. Join us! apply.workable.com/union-of-con...

Social justice +delicious food for the win! We hosted Down North Pizza at @hsph.harvard.edu & heard about their incredible model offering employment, community, and support for formerly incarcerated folks in Philly. Check out their new cookbook at #Roxbury 's own frugalbookstore.net.

I just met with the Vice President of El Salvador as we fight for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I’m speaking to the press now with the latest on our efforts. Tune in here:

Trillionaires for Trump celebrated #TaxDay at the NYC IRS today with chocolate kisses to thank all the little people for paying taxes so they don't have to... @trills4trump.bsky.social Billionaires in Trump's administration are worth $382.2 billion according to @usnews.com #BillionaireTaxBailout

Made my morning to see @ginnybraun.bsky.social and @vicclarke.bsky.social 's guidance on #ThematicAnalysis is one of the top 10 cited papers of all time, per @nature.com. Represent! Also, congrats to all of us who cite them endlessly and helped make this happen :) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Tax Day - round 3 - NIH 🩻🧠🧬 🧬 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $105/year to NIH, helping fund: • Cancer & rare disease breakthroughs • Pandemic preparedness • Children’s health • Medical tech innovation • Mental health science & more NIH powers the science behind the healthcare we rely on.

Coinciding with it's "No" letter Harvard has refashioned its university homepage into essentially an advertisement for the social benefits of university research. This is the current front page.

🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Holy shit. Video posted by President Bukele’s team on X shows the moments before his press conference with Trump in which Trump tells him: “We want to do homegrown criminals next. You gotta build about five more places.” (h/t @titonka.bsky.social @michelekelemen.bsky.social)

In 2024, more than a century after construction began, the Klamath dams were finally dismantled. Over 1.5 million cubic yards of earth and concrete were removed, revitalizing the river and restoring its salmon runs. This victory symbolizes the power of Indigenous leadership. #Indigenous

100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election. 70% of these donations went to Republicans. Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich. This is what oligarchy looks like.

BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year. Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

At the protest my city council is sponsoring, calling on Harvard to stand up to fascist bullying. Mike Connolly is speaking, Abe Lincoln behind him, signs in front saying “No Kings” and “We the People.”

Boston folks! Today at 12 Noon @ Cambridge Common, Harvard Square: Harvard AAUP is standing up against attacks on academic freedom & democracy. Join Us! #AcademicSky

Who could be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act? ❌69M women who changed their name after marriage ❌21.3M Americans who don't readily have access to proof of citizenship documents ❌3.8M Americans who don't have proof of citizenship documents at all www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨House Republicans just passed a bill that would disenfranchise 70 million married American women. Under the SAVE Act, women who took their spouse’s last name and don't have an updated passport or birth certificate would be turned away at the polls.

Coverage in Harvard Magazine today of the many petitions and letters (including ours) calling on Harvard to resist: www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/04/enco...

THE song of 2025, courtesy of Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com, @indivisible515.bsky.social, Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke!

Yesterday, we sent a historically big message to Trump, Musk, and the GOP — and we also sent a signal to all those who agree with us but have spent the last few months feeling shaken, hopeless, and afraid. #handsoff

This. ⬇️

Ha ha!

The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL. #HandsOff