Just in time for #ValentinesDay: Wondering how that on-again/off-again relationship affects your mental health? Sarah Halpern-Meekin & @kristinturney.bsky.social explore: bit.ly/3xjM7D1 @uwmadison.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social

The EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight - NPR

It’s hard to recall a regulator who has done as much damage to medical innovation in as little time as Vinay Prasad” www.wsj.com/opinion/vina...

In a new article for 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘦 & 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴, Marcel Paret & I turn to apartheid South Africa to think strategically about how to confront racial authoritarianism in the US today. This isn’t analogy for its own sake, but what Stuart Hall calls “delicately disinterring” lessons and transplanting them with care.

Brilliant analysis of "politics of cruelty" and why global health is such a soft and easy target www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

If you'll be at the Sociology of Development Conference or in the Princeton area this weekend, please come and check out my first ever author-meets-critics panel. It's on Saturday at 4pm! #SocDev #authormeetscritics

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

People will die because of this. For politics.

“We couldn’t use the word ‘black’ in Black History Month. We would have to abbreviate it,” she said. “I was very angry and baffled because this is a Historically Black College and University, and for them to say we can’t use the word ‘black’ was kind of insane.”

I talked with @victorerikray.bsky.social about the repression we’re facing at public universities here in Florida, where the state is attempting to impose a textbook on our intro classes, insisting that no published textbook complies with state law. Here’s Part 1. Part 2 drops next week.

Spin Doctors is a book about how the COVID pandemic played out in Canada during the first two years @nolore.bsky.social is a brilliant speaker too! Big lesson from the book: the pandemic exploited inequities within the society and worsened inequities

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

So happy to see this new @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social podcast with the inspiring @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social! John Green on Global Health Injustice and Tuberculosis podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Fan of #FaultInOurStars & @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social? Check out our conversation with him on @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social. He talks about his new @penguinbox1.bsky.social book Everything is #Tuberculosis podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... @unaids.org @stoptb.bsky.social @stoptbusa.bsky.social

This map shows where ICE is conducting the most "at large" arrests. Notice a pattern?

In theater. So they think they’re at war.

A lot of important ideas in this op-ed. Very much worth reading.

The scramble for Africa redux/continued. The U.S. is using PEPFAR funding and other health aid as leverage extract control of the mining sector in Zambia. www.lusakatimes.com/2026/01/25/z...

On the latest episode of the @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social, CEID faculty Dr. @josephharrisbu.bsky.social talks with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, the best-selling author of "Everything is Tuberculosis," about the social injustices of this largely poverty-driven disease. spr.ly/63322h8rxC

Democratizing Knowledge Through Global Health Podcasts Podcasts are a great way to learn, share, exchange, and democratize global health knowledge Here is my new list of podcasts worth checking out! communities.springernature.com/posts/democr...

Our conversation with @madhupai.bsky.social broke download records on @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social. In a week, we talk with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about his new book on #tuberculosis. Listen in at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #publichealth #globalhealth #TB #equity #justice #politics

Two weeks left to apply for a postdoc position on my project! I'm looking for historians, anthropologists, STS and Global Health researchers with a broad interest in #Brazil, #rural populations, #health, #medicine, and #zoonosis. For more information👇

@ghsnetwork.bsky.social @globalhealthde.bsky.social @cughnews.bsky.social @cgdev.org @publiccitizen.bsky.social @pih.org @uhc2030.bsky.social @who.int @oxfamamerica.bsky.social @msf.ca @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @clarewenham.bsky.social @katharinakrause.bsky.social @ununiversity.bsky.social

JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics, saying the terminations appear to be retaliation for the group's view points re: vaccine safety/efficacy. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

I'm not a member of ASA anymore so what do I know, but from the outside it seems kinda ironic for a meeting w/ the theme of "Disrupting the Status Quo: Putting Sociology to Work for a More Equitable Society" to be held at the Hilton, ICE's favorite corporate hotel partner.

CME IMPACT SPARKS GEOMAGNETIC STORM: As predicted, a CME struck Earth on Jan. 10th. It may have been a "Cannibal CME," consisting of two CMEs tangled together. The impact sparked a G2-class geomagnetic storm with bright auroras inside the Arctic Circle spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...

The idea that getting surviving a disease is proof of strength and fitness has deep and largely disgusting roots in American history (see Olivarius’ book). In this case, they are drawing the lOgIcAl conclusion that needless exposure to disease is therefore a valuable test of strength…

@mirandayaver.bsky.social getting featured on the *lead* story on CBS Sunday Morning. the story is great, Prof. Yaver is great, and on a platform that an average of 5.19 million normies watch. academics who do public engagement *have* to hunt where the ducks are.

Yes, unscrupulous insurance companies are a driver of health inequity New book by @mirandayaver.bsky.social

Looking for something #globalhealth and #development related for your Spring #syllabus? Check out the Global Health #Politics #Podcast! A great source for a wide range of high quality conversations on issues ranging from #aid to #injustice to #power globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394

What is the sociology of hope? 💭 Join us on Wednesday 21 January for a webinar with a panel of sociologists as they explore how hope shapes societies and politics through sociological inquiry. 🎫 Free and open to all, register to attend.

On the latest episode of his @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social, CEID faculty @josephharrisbu.bsky.social speaks with @madhupai.bsky.social on a range of global health concerns including TB, HIV, recent foreign aid cuts, & more. Listen here: spr.ly/63320CmfKa

On @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social, I talk with @madhupai.bsky.social about #TB, #HIV/AIDS, the #climatecrisis, #globalhealth #injustice, the recent #foreignaid cuts, #North-South #inequalities, and moves to #decolonize global health. globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...

As 2025 ends, I had a chance to discuss global health inequities with @josephharrisbu.bsky.social in this episode of Global Health Politics globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...

So excited to get my copy of the new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book Reimagining Aid by @profmarycollier.bsky.social of the @uncwilmington.bsky.social Sociology Department. Go out and get your copy now! #sociology #socaf @asanews.bsky.social @gdp-center.bsky.social @cgdev.org

Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin Call for applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Sociology, commencing on 3 August 2026. Application deadline: 26 January 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPW155/a...

On the need for US healthcare reform, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social tells @newsweek.com, "Many Americans who are fortunate enough to have insurance aren’t adequately covered by what they have & end up facing big bills & denials of coverage by insurance companies." www.newsweek.com/record-numbe...

Looking for conversations on cutting edge #GlobalHealth #Politics issues to add to your syllabi this Spring? Check out podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @dadakim.bsky.social @jeremyyoude.bsky.social @aliciay.bsky.social @catworsnop.bsky.social @profmarycollier.bsky.social @yanlong-soc.bsky.social

Well, it certainly is a Crapo bill

Such wonderfully imaginative and fun work. We have lost a giant. Legendary architect Frank Gehry has died at 96 - Architectural Digest

This did not have to happen “The report noted that the forecast comes as global development assistance for health fell significantly this year, to 26.9 percent, and below 2024 levels.” www.newsweek.com/child-deaths...

Join #OCAP, #OSPIRG, and @healthcareforallor.bsky.social for a great event tomorrow in #Portland! Learn why prescription drugs are so expensive and how we can make a change. Attendance is free. RSVP here: pirg.org/oregon/event... #AffordablePrescriptions #DrugPrices #HealthPolicySky #Oregon

A new #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode just dropped w/ @thurka149.bsky.social talking about her new @uncpress.bsky.social book Landscapes of Care @nilc.org @immcouncil.org @nipnlg.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social @americananthro.bsky.social globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com

Check out the #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon & other platforms podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @buceid.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social @cughnews.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @who.int @globalhealthde.bsky.social @renusingh.bsky.social @yanlong-soc.bsky.social

Check out my op-ed in @thehill.com on why now is the time for the GOP to embrace the public option @bridgingthegap.bsky.social @buceid.bsky.social @bucas.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social @thcallaghan.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @whitehouse-47.bsky.social

Love this. All about how to connect meaningfully with others by becoming aware of and breaking norms we regularly take for granted and just go along with without thinking www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Universitat Heidelberg is hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher Sociology