Just out today, our new paper on how to execute a program for black reparations in the United States by Kirsten Mullen, Eugene Richardson, Mary Bassett, and yours truly published in BMJ Global Health. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

New paper from our founding director @sandydarity.bsky.social published in BMJ Global Health! Outlines how to evaluate plans for black reparations in the USA: gh.bmj.com/content/11/S...

Drawing on five case studies—by @solar--punk.bsky.social and Mary T. Bassett, among others—a new supplement published in BMJ Global Health proposes guiding principles for designing reparative programs that center affected communities, uphold dignity, and ensure nonrecurrence.

Reparations and distributive justice: the Walter and Patricia Rodney Commission @solar--punk.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social & team gh.bmj.com/content/11/S...

I'm excited to announce this new dossier on reparations, published in the BMJ Global Health. Five case studies covering damages related to slavery, conflict-related sexual violence, climate change, racial injustice and structural adjustment. gh.bmj.com/content/11/S...

After years of talking about this book I am sooo excited to have ordered Chasing Freedom by Simukai Chigudu. Despite not being allowed to read any of it (I've tried), I know everyone is going to be talking about this in 2026. Gift your future self & pre-order www.penguin.co.uk/books/448455...

Brilliant article on #solarpunk by @feralyogi.bsky.social aeon.co/essays/in-so... Really insightful and thorough analysis of solarpunk—very glad to see this kind of serious treatment! (agree with nearly all the points, except I think solarpunk *is* Luddite in its anti-industrialism) @aeon.co

Returning for the 3rd year via @mcgillspgh.bsky.social Summer Institutes in Global Health: Reimagining Global Health Online course, June 8 - 12 Course agenda available at: www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

Representations of an #Ebola ‘outbreak’ through Story Technologies gh.bmj.com/content/9/2/... #STS #IDSky #episky #IDModelling #GlobalHealth

Excited to announce that my post doc, Sasha Kaurov, and I are launching reckoningscience.org/launching-re... Please take a look, read, and subscribe! All proceeds will go to supporting the underfed post-doc.

Overlooked toll of climate change on migrant children in the Americas @natclimate.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us for a seminar on #Climate Change, #LossAndDamage, and #Habitability. Nov 5 at 5:30pm ET @harvard.edu mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/event/climat...

Space Harrier at 40: how Sega’s surreal classic brought total immersion to arcades in the 80s

Our new theory of COUNTERADAPTATION with @juemos.bsky.social Preprint available here: osf.io/preprints/so...

New research published in The Lancet finds that Western unilateral sanctions have caused 38 million deaths since 1970. The average death toll ranges from 400,000 to over 1 million per year. Staggering levels of violence. This system is intolerable and must be replaced.

Is "Social Science" an Oxymoron? www.scientificamerican.com/blog/cross-c...

Today's good news. I am proud to have written one of the expert reports supporting the people of Vanuatu. www.npr.org/2025/07/23/n...

Uneven ground: Inequality and planetary health blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

“Nations who fail to curb fossil fuels could be ordered to pay reparations, top UN court rules. Landmark opinion says those that fail to prevent climate harm could be liable for compensation and restitution.” #ClimateCrisis

This July 4, the Ultimate Act of Patriotism Is Calling for Reparations. Read @ryanphaygood.bsky.social and Dr Rich Besser’s important OpEd -a call to for America to live up to its promise. wordinblack.com/2025/07/ulti...

The rise of end times fascism. An essay by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

Please join me next week for a virtual book talk on THE BIG MYTH at the Harvard Kennedy School: hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registrati...

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

The nations that are most vulnerable to the climate crisis are being offered paltry sums that are disproportionate to both the loss and damage endured and their contribution to the problem. What would a fairer response look like? www.bmj.com/content/389/...

"The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor...there is no other way."

The April issue is live! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Featuring papers on the causes of maternal death www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... and outcomes after surgery in Latin America www.thelancet.com/journals/lan..., plus our must-read Series on clinical trials www.thelancet.com/series/clini...

Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...

We're looking for a new Division Chief in Adult ID at Stanford. We have a great ID/Medicine family here and the division has been growing by leaps and bounds. We also have great Pedi ID, Micro, Immunology and Transplant teams. Please share!

🧪 Elliott Chemberlin, Kate Duchowny, Jaidyn Probst, @a-punk.bsky.social & Grace Noppert illustrate a generalized concept of relationality, an interdependence of ecological and human health, that is applicable to infectious disease research myumi.ch/QwrXj

The End of Progressive Neoliberalism | Nancy Fraser www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

The US has played a big role in causing the climate crisis, but now refuses to be a part of the loss & damage fund which compensates Global South countries "US, the biggest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, will no longer participate in the initiative" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In this new piece we show that as the imperial core imposed structural adjustment programs on Africa, Africans were forced to consume less while their surplus resources were transferred instead out to the capitalist world economy effectively *for free*. roape.net/2025/02/28/p...

🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🚨 As part of our 2025 Global Health Symposium, HGHI invites Harvard undergraduate and graduate students to submit their research abstracts for the Global Health Student Research Showcase. 📝 Deadline: March 5, 2025 🔗 Submit your abstract here: bit.ly/HGHI-Showcas...

Caribbean leaders vow to maintain pursuit of slavery reparations

Even as we worry about the impact on people, we can all agree that the aid model is broken and has been since its colonial origins “an aid system that relies so heavily on American contractors and fosters a damaging culture of dependency among African governments” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...

The flagship journal of the Ministry of Truth publichealth.realclearjournals.org

Global health is in crisis Can we use the crisis to reimagine global health? Please join us for our 2nd Reimagining Global Health course with amazing faculty from around the world! Online only! No visas needed www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

New #LetsTalkID episode out! Paul Sax, MD, FIDSA, Varun Phadke, MD, and Daniel Minter, MD discuss CID's new series, "Clinical Dilemmas in Infectious Diseases," a guide through challenging clinical decisions in ID. Available where you listen to podcasts. Transcript: www.idsociety.org/multimedia/p...

Uganda confirms deadly outbreak of Sudan #Ebola virus The index patient is a 32-year-old man who worked as a nurse at a hospital in Kampala and died after seeking care at multiple facilities. www.cidrap.umn.edu/e...#Ebola Photo: Simon Davis, DFID / Flickr cc

This 6-year project, was successful only because of decades of foundational, respectful, global collaboration, funded by many, including USG. Continued engagement by USG in global collaborations is essential to progress in health that benefits US & everywhere. #TBSky. Short video on endTB trial ⬇️.

Looking to engage with the Harvard global health community on BlueSky? We’ve created a starter pack of relevant accounts, featuring Harvard-related orgs, institutes, and affiliated faculty leading in health equity and global health. Explore the list here: go.bsky.app/55cwHjM

How about discussing this at Davos?? “Billionaire wealth has risen three times faster in 2024 than in 2023. At least five trillionaires are now expected within a decade. Inequality is out of control” www.oxfam.org/en/takers-no...

Sierra Leone reports mpox cases as vaccine approach broadens in DR Congo In DRC hot spots, vaccination will target the greater community, not just contacts. A trial of the antiviral brincidofovir also launched in the country. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m... Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc

An incredible opportunity for the right person: The Santa Fe Institute is seeking applications for full-time resident faculty positions at all academic levels For me, this has been the best possible job ever. More info here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/r...

Remedy and Reparations for Climate Harm: The Human Rights Case (November 2024) - Center for International Environmental Law www.ciel.org/reports/clim...

"The study is impressive in its scale...cases and deaths dropped by more than 50% and in the Indigenous population the drop was even more dramatic: more than 60%." Nature Medicine study shows the effects of Bolsa Familia strongest in Black and Indigenous populations www.npr.org/sections/goa...