On Weds, 10/1, we'll continue our human rights seminar series @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social with a roundtable of journalists covering migration for national and local media.

On the US's complicity in situations south of the US border that mean people need to flee to stay alive, one recent book is the multi-award-winning EXIT WOUNDS by @ievajusionyte.bsky.social from @ucpress.bsky.social: www.ucpress.edu/books/exit-w...

The launch of the Watson School also brought John Friedman as inaugural dean, with new leaders for three centers: @pheller.bsky.social at Saxena Center, @ericpatashnik.bsky.social at @taubmancenter.bsky.social, and @ievajusionyte.bsky.social at CHRHS. Learn more:

Sinaloa, un año después. Un reportaje que hicimos con mi querido amigo y colega Juan Cedillo publicado hoy en Milenio

Come hear us talk wildfires and anthropology at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social next Monday, 8/11

Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social for receiving multiple awards for her 2024 book, Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border. Learn about Exit Wounds and the awards it has earned:

The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit by the Mexican government that sought to hold U.S. gunmakers accountable for gun violence south of the border. Read more about the stakes of the case and role of U.S. guns in Mexico in our recent conversation with Ieva Jusionyte.

Each year, 135,000 guns flow from the U.S. to Mexico, fueling cartel violence, drug trade, and border migration. With strict gun laws in Mexico, traffickers exploit looser U.S. laws. Our investigation reveals the scale of the crisis: buff.ly/meVupg5

Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments — Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch, in conversation with @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about his book Righting Wrongs. (VIDEO)

The Mass Book Awards recently named #ExitWoundsBook to its 2025 nonfiction longlist, recognizing author @ievajusionyte.bsky.social's powerful examination of gun trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Happy to see Exit Wounds on the Massachusetts Book Awards nonfiction longlist in the company of some truly fabulous books by other local authors www.massbook.org/mass-book-aw...

Tomorrow, April 30, I will be in conversation with Ken Roth about his new book @watsoninstitute.bsky.social

Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social on receiving a Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Award in social sciences for her project, “Extradition: Can Justice Be Exported?”—awarded by Brown University’s Office of the Vice President for Research.

Detaining people, not sharing their names, then jailing them extrajudicially and indefinitely? That's "enforced disappearance"—and Latin America has a sad but proud history of fighting it. Join us Wed to hear from some of the fighters. Event: bit.ly/apr-30-disap... Register: bit.ly/apr-30-lessons

In her review of "America, América," @ievajusionyte.bsky.social assesses Greg Grandin's key argument: "A lone, expansionist United States pitted against a collective of sovereign American nations—this rivalry has played a key role in creating the modern world." lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

Catch our interview with Dr. Ieva Jusionyte @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about her award-winning book, "Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence across the Border" (UC Press, 2024)! @ucpress.bsky.social @dukehumanrights.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social @watsoninstitute.bsky.social

AAP Announces 2025 Hawkins, PROSE Award Winners — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social’s "Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border" receives 2025 R.R. Hawkins Award and PROSE Award in social sciences from @americanpublish.bsky.social.

Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport 238 Venezuelans to a brutal Salvadoran prison. They were accused of being gangsters, but couldnt see the evidence against them. This is the story of one—Andry José Hernández Romero, a gay make-up artist, who is innocent: www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

We're thrilled to share that our authors @ievajusionyte.bsky.social and Matthew Morrison have won 2025 PROSE awards from the Association of American Publishers! Please help us spread the news 🎉 #proseawards @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

How U.S. guns fuel violence south of the border — In an interview with @highcountrynews.bsky.social, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social discusses the changing narrative on the role of American guns in violence in Mexico and the stakes of the Supreme Court case against U.S. gun companies.

70% of guns recovered from crime scenes in Mexico come from the U.S. For @highcountrynews.bsky.social, I talked with @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about how Mexico is trying to hold gunmakers and politicians accountable — and why that’s proving so hard. www.hcn.org/articles/how...

Beyond Borders: Gun Culture & Gun Violence — On the Guns Unpacked #podcast, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social discusses the cultural and historical context of guns in Mexico, the connections between gun politics and immigration, & how the availability of US guns shapes migration.

How do U.S. guns fuel violence in Mexico, and can American manufacturers be held accountable? Watch @ievajusionyte.bsky.social break down the impact of U.S. firearms on cartel violence in this timely discussion with @profwschiller.bsky.social and Prof. Peter Andreas.

At long last, the conversation about EXIT WOUNDS with my favorite gun sociologist has dropped. open.spotify.com/episode/77A6...

Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social! Her book, "Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border," received an honorable mention in the Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award.

@ievajusionyte.bsky.social’s book shows how true this is. www.ucpress.edu/books/exit-w...

‘What I need the most are AK-47s’: How the United States floods Mexico with weapons — In @elpais.com, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social explains how U.S. gun laws fuel Mexico’s cartel violence, with weapons trafficked south as drugs flow north, creating a deadly cycle. https://buff.ly/40WiaXZ

As America Battles Fentanyl, Mexico Fights Flow of American Guns — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social told @wsj.com that both the U.S. and Mexico must take action to curb gun trafficking, with Mexico strengthening its justice system and the U.S. tightening firearm purchase regulations.

On 2/20 I will be at Miami University in Ohio to deliver the World Anthropology Day keynote

Thank you @ameliafv.bsky.social for this generous review of Exit Wounds anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Front-page story on how US guns get smuggled to Mexico, with helpful graphics @elpaismexico.bsky.social elpais.com/mexico/2025-...

First time quoted by the WSJ! www.wsj.com/us-news/us-m...

If only US citizens stopped buying their drugs, selling them guns and smuggling both drugs and guns across the border…

'Exit Wounds' book shows majority of Mexico gun violence is committed with guns from the U.S. — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social was interviewed by @wbur.org about her research on the flow of guns from the United States into Mexico.

Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/

Mexico a violent country? 'We are being flooded with weapons from the US' — @nrc.nl reports from Culiacán with quotes by @ievajusionyte.bsky.social: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

I am deeply honored to receive the 2025 Juan E. Méndez Book Award for EXIT WOUNDS @ucpress.bsky.social and I am enormously grateful to the people who made this possible and who trusted me enough to share their stories of what it's like to live with and around guns in Mexico

lalacs.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/12... Today, in conversation with @ievajusionyte.bsky.social @adamgoodman.bsky.social and Cecilia Menjìvar.

Heavy-handed threats and headline-grabbing moves: The ‘Trump Show’ reaches the war on drugs — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social provided commentary in this @elpaismexico.bsky.social article stating, "Trump has two priorities when it comes to Mexico: migrants and drugs, specifically fentanyl."

Bring it on, 2025!

To follow tradition, here it is - my unabashedly partial list of eleven most remarkable books I read in 2024. It turns out I read a lot of new books this year and not that many old (unusual), and more nonfiction than fiction (also unusual), which is reflected in this limited selection of favorites

A new report from Human Rights Watch recalls that the first Trump administration's family separation policy met the definitions of "enforced disappearance" and "torture."

Honored to see EXIT WOUNDS among the finalists for the Juan E. Méndez Book Award! The best thing, though, is to be in such fabulous company of books on Latin America written by some of my favorite people @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social @jasondeleon.bsky.social @dukehumanrights.bsky.social

To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations. Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.

Border drownings rose as migrants rushed to cross and Texas clamped down www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...

It took a year to scour every local office for every record of a migrant death on the Texas border w/Mexico. The results are devastating amid a Texas border crackdown. >1K drowned btwn 2017-23, many children. We tell the story of a 4yo lone survivor of a family drowned in the Rio Grande last year.

More than a million people have come to the US *lawfully* through legal pathways used & created by Biden. They’re now especially vulnerable to the incoming Administration. My latest: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...