You should definitely check out Nick Shapiro's (@carceralecologies.bsky.social)new book. The main takeaway for me which is more relevant every day is that sloppy and insufficient rollout of post-disaster housing is predatory & will cause severe harm sooner later. newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/home...

A Georgia judge said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that critics pejoratively call “Cop City.” apnews.com/article/atla...

A remarkable ethnography examining toxic exposure caused by engineered wood used in FEMA trailers, accompanied by a pedagogical toolkit designed to support student learning.

Nick’s book “Homesick” comes out in a month! The book asks the question of how shelter became exposure in the US and what we can do about it. www.dukeupress.edu/homesick (discount code: E25SHPRO)

Hey! It’s me & my new book at the @4sweb.bsky.social conference in Seattle! Visit the @dukepress.bsky.social table to see it in all its beautiful colors. Then come to the Pine Box tonight for a joint celebration with @carceralecologies.bsky.social @eyatesd.bsky.social & the More Worlds Collective!

In Seattle for @4sweb.bsky.social? Come celebrate our books with us at The Pine Box (1600 Melrose Ave). Thursday, September 4th, 7 to 11 PM. Find us in the Bruce Lee Beer Garden! 📖 🎉 🍰 #4S2025 #AnthroSky #STSSky @carceralecologies.bsky.social @vivvychoi.bsky.social

I’m one of 20 assistant professors in A&S at UNC who has had their tenure decision deferred. I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻‍♀️ www.wral.com/video/unc-fa...

The State of Maryland just released the results of a 4-year independent audit of 1300 death in custody cases investigated by the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner from 2003-2019, when it was run by Dr. David Fowler. 🧵 w/ findings to follow. www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Reports/0515...

"Extreme social deprivation [in animal research] is considered inhumane and is heavily restricted. Yet, for prisons in America, distress is by design ... Individuals increasingly find themselves in cages unfit for lab mice and subjected to conditions with less scrutiny than that of invertebrate[s]."

📖 OUT TODAY! The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits is available at all major book retailers and many local bookstores across the U.S. All proceeds from book sales go to support Worth Rises. Get your copy today and one for a friend! worthrises.org/theprisonind...

In THEORY the point of jail is to make sure people show up to court - but since 2018 LASD has often failed to get them there At one point >80% of buses were broken & 1/3 of inmates were missing court dates. My latest @latimes.com is a deep dive on how it came to this www.latimes.com/california/s...

The first peer-reviewed article coming out of the @uclaheatlab.bsky.social, co-authored with four of the students in my lab. Incarcerated folks are at the frontline of climate change. Incarceration makes people more likely to experience heat-related illness and death (1/5)

Thread/Breaking : New documents obtained by the ACLU reveal that ICE is actively considering proposals to expand its immigration detention capacity in at least 6 states , including in California, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...