Joseph Harris
@josephharrisbu.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston University / Director, Global Health Politics Workshop / Host, Global Health Politics Podcast / Comic Book Aficionado
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Joseph Harris
@josephharrisbu.bsky.social
· Nov 18
In this @thehill.com op-ed, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social (Boston University) argues that offering a “public option” could reduce health care costs for millions of Americans and explains why Republican lawmakers could view the idea as a viable strategy for 2026.
Read the piece:
Read the piece:
How Republicans can rescue the party and do something good for Americans
The Republican Party needs to offer a “public option” in the American health care system to provide relief to Americans facing soaring health care premiums and to avoid a midterm electi…
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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
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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
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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
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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. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
People will die because of this. For politics.
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
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February 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
People will die because of this. For politics.
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“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.”
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“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.”
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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.
Here’s Part 1. Part 2 drops next week.
What's the Matter with Florida? An Interview with Zachary Levenson
A discussion about Florida's censorship of sociology and teaching under authoritarianism
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February 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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.
Here’s Part 1. Part 2 drops next week.
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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
@nolore.bsky.social is a brilliant speaker too!
Big lesson from the book: the pandemic exploited inequities within the society and worsened inequities
February 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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
@nolore.bsky.social is a brilliant speaker too!
Big lesson from the book: the pandemic exploited inequities within the society and worsened inequities
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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
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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
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So happy to see this new @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social podcast with the inspiring @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social!
John Green on Global Health Injustice and Tuberculosis
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John Green on Global Health Injustice and Tuberculosis
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January 29, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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...
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
January 29, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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
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This map shows where ICE is conducting the most "at large" arrests.
Notice a pattern?
Notice a pattern?
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
This map shows where ICE is conducting the most "at large" arrests.
Notice a pattern?
Notice a pattern?
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In theater. So they think they’re at war.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
In theater. So they think they’re at war.
A lot of important ideas in this op-ed. Very much worth reading.
As @hebagowayed.bsky.social and I wrote in our Guardian article on abolishing ICE, this is Homan threatening to gun down Americans for using their free speech rights to accurately describe ICE as fascist secret police.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:42 PM
A lot of important ideas in this op-ed. Very much worth reading.
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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...
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...
January 28, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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...
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...
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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.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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.
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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...
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...
Democratizing Knowledge Through Global Health Podcasts
Podcasts are a great way to learn, share, exchange, and democratize global health knowledge. Here are several wonderful podcasts worth checking out!
communities.springernature.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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...
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
The Global Health Politics Podcast
Social Sciences Podcast · Updated Monthly · Hosted by Joseph Harris, the Global Health Politics podcast features intimate, one-of-a-kind conversations with leading scholars, practitioners, policymaker...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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
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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👇
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👇
I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)"
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Postdoctoral Research Associate | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM
@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
Check out the Global Health Politics Podcast for great #conversations about critical issues in #globalhealth podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #publichealth #HIV #injustice #equity #inequality #SDoH #sociology #politicalscience #politics #policy #anyhropology #activism #development #podcast
The Global Health Politics Podcast
Social Sciences Podcast · Updated Monthly · Hosted by Joseph Harris, the Global Health Politics podcast features intimate, one-of-a-kind conversations with leading scholars, practitioners, policymaker...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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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...
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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...
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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.
January 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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.
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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...
January 12, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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...
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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…
January 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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…
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@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.
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.
State of denial: How insurance companies impact health care today
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
@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.
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.
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Yes, unscrupulous insurance companies are a driver of health inequity
New book by @mirandayaver.bsky.social
New book by @mirandayaver.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Yes, unscrupulous insurance companies are a driver of health inequity
New book by @mirandayaver.bsky.social
New book by @mirandayaver.bsky.social