I loved being part of this *excellent* episode of The Pulse on why asking for help, particularly in the US, is so hard. Cc UW News The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social

Interested in kleptocracy? Curious about lobbying? Like democracy? Casey Michel's book tour is coming to Seattle on Sept 30. We'll chat about everything but his cholesterol level. (If you get that reference, you probably have already pre-ordered the book). townhallseattle.org/event/casey-mi…

Hot off the press: New AJPH editorial from the Emory RISE team and collaborators on community resilience to anti-abortion policies in the South and the persistence of collective care through indie clinics, abortion funds, and local advocacy: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.210…

For The Seattle Times this week I wrote about our increasing reliance on crowdfunding as a response to climate disasters, and how that is likely to exacerbate the inequities of the climate crisis. The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social UW News seattletimes.com/opinion/we-can…

Here Is the Speech That the Uncommitted National Movement 🌺 Wants to Give at the DNC: Rep. Ruwa Romman motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

The HIV movement showed us that one of the biggest determinants of health was community-led advocacy. My first blog for the Political Determinants of Health Collective explores what that could mean for digital health & rights ✊

Because trapping women in motherhood is one of the most efficient ways to force them to do the work of the social safety net.

I enjoyed joining KJZZ Phoenix for a discussion of my book this week! (Also the title of this piece is 🎯😅) kjzz.org/kjzz-news/2024…

Our paper in the The Lancet "Financialisation: a 21st century commercial determinant of health equity" Action is needed to ensure financial systems promote health, social equity and the environment. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

When worrying about the harms from deploying AI, it’s issues like this that have caused and will cause the most harm. Not the AI suddenly turning into the machines from the Matrix and enslaving humanity.

reading this note about the lead author of a new study in the Lancet -- just gutting -- whereabouts currently unknown because the Israelis are holding him in detention.

A must read from Leah Shipton and Lucia Vitale in Soc Sci & Medicine: "Artificial intelligence and the politics of avoidance in global health" sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Scoop: When Nassau County passed its mask ban, the police department claimed there would be training. But as an information request from NYCLU reveals, there doesn't really appear to be any! New from me at Mother Jones. motherjones.com/criminal-justi…

Do you have experience with qualitative methods, and an interest (or background) in gun research? We are hiring a postdoc at the Center for the Study of Guns in Society! Please share widely! Applications due October 6th! apply.interfolio.com/153647

CDC has revised a covid color scheme yet again. Compare the darker color used for "very high" last week versus the color this week

Now The Seattle Times is reporting on the murder, by the Israeli Army in the occupied West Bank, of recent UW College of Arts & Sciences graduate Aysenur Eygi. My colleague and dear friend Aria Fani—the murdered UW alumna’s professor—is quoted in the story. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/a… #Ayşenur #Palestine

Also this is the most affirming moment of my decade of research on these issues. Please pay attention. It’s coming for you next.

Unacceptable, President Biden. This is an outrageous statement. We cannot simply accept IDF’s version that this was an “accident.” We do not know that, it’s why we need independent investigation. What accountability will there be when we keep supplying the weapons against our own laws?