Kevin McQueeney
@kevmcqueeney.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of History| African American History| Medicine| New Orleans| Mass Incarceration| Env. Justice| Public History
Author--A City without Care: 300 Years of Racism, Health Disparities, & Health Activism in New Orleans
Author--A City without Care: 300 Years of Racism, Health Disparities, & Health Activism in New Orleans
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NEW: In a landmark ruling, Michigan's supreme court has struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for youth up to age 21.
What this means: Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome.
I took a few days to write about what's next:
What this means: Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome.
I took a few days to write about what's next:
Another State Restricts Life Sentences for Young Adults - Bolts
Michigan’s supreme court created new protections against life sentences for people up to 20, pushing the line for who gets second chances beyond age 18.
boltsmag.org
April 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: In a landmark ruling, Michigan's supreme court has struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for youth up to age 21.
What this means: Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome.
I took a few days to write about what's next:
What this means: Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome.
I took a few days to write about what's next:
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Exposure to gun violence is linked to depression, risk of suicide, and mental health services use, especially when the violence happens over and over again.
Thank you to @thetrace.org and @fairrionam.bsky.social for covering our latest national research.
www.thetrace.org/2025/04/gun-...
Thank you to @thetrace.org and @fairrionam.bsky.social for covering our latest national research.
www.thetrace.org/2025/04/gun-...
New Research Links Gun Violence Exposure to Higher Rates of Depression and Suicidal Ideation
For decades, politicians and gun lobbying organizations have perpetuated the notion that mental health issues drive mass violence. A new study is challenging that narrative, though, showing that, rath...
www.thetrace.org
April 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Exposure to gun violence is linked to depression, risk of suicide, and mental health services use, especially when the violence happens over and over again.
Thank you to @thetrace.org and @fairrionam.bsky.social for covering our latest national research.
www.thetrace.org/2025/04/gun-...
Thank you to @thetrace.org and @fairrionam.bsky.social for covering our latest national research.
www.thetrace.org/2025/04/gun-...
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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
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📖 OUT NOW
‘The Prison Industry’
By @biancatylek.bsky.social and @worthrises.bsky.social, the leaders in “exposing the immoral profiteering by companies feasting at the trough of incarceration”
Mapping the corp-govt collusion in profiting off over-policing, mass incarceration and mass surveillance
‘The Prison Industry’
By @biancatylek.bsky.social and @worthrises.bsky.social, the leaders in “exposing the immoral profiteering by companies feasting at the trough of incarceration”
Mapping the corp-govt collusion in profiting off over-policing, mass incarceration and mass surveillance
April 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
📖 OUT NOW
‘The Prison Industry’
By @biancatylek.bsky.social and @worthrises.bsky.social, the leaders in “exposing the immoral profiteering by companies feasting at the trough of incarceration”
Mapping the corp-govt collusion in profiting off over-policing, mass incarceration and mass surveillance
‘The Prison Industry’
By @biancatylek.bsky.social and @worthrises.bsky.social, the leaders in “exposing the immoral profiteering by companies feasting at the trough of incarceration”
Mapping the corp-govt collusion in profiting off over-policing, mass incarceration and mass surveillance
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Prisons Must Fall 🌱
Happy Publication Day to this beautiful, hopeful book by @prisonculture.bsky.social and Jane Ball, illustrated by @ollycostello.bsky.social! 💐
Happy Publication Day to this beautiful, hopeful book by @prisonculture.bsky.social and Jane Ball, illustrated by @ollycostello.bsky.social! 💐
April 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Prisons Must Fall 🌱
Happy Publication Day to this beautiful, hopeful book by @prisonculture.bsky.social and Jane Ball, illustrated by @ollycostello.bsky.social! 💐
Happy Publication Day to this beautiful, hopeful book by @prisonculture.bsky.social and Jane Ball, illustrated by @ollycostello.bsky.social! 💐
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The number of American adults in the labour force with a disability since Covid
April 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The number of American adults in the labour force with a disability since Covid
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Ryan White died thirty-five years ago today. To mark the occasion and to celebrate Ryan’s remarkable life, @teenvogue.com has published this excerpt from my new book. 🗃️ www.teenvogue.com/story/ryan-w...
The True Story of an Indiana Teen Barred From School Over His AIDS Diagnosis
Ryan White changed perceptions of the disease in the United States.
www.teenvogue.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Ryan White died thirty-five years ago today. To mark the occasion and to celebrate Ryan’s remarkable life, @teenvogue.com has published this excerpt from my new book. 🗃️ www.teenvogue.com/story/ryan-w...
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Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine, eds @ahlie.bsky.social, Jeremy Greene, and me, will be available open access from @cambridgeup.bsky.social in May 2025. In a world of growing health inequity, radical social medicine has never been more urgent!
#histstm #histmed #sts
#histstm #histmed #sts
Medicine on a Larger Scale
Cambridge Core - History of Medicine - Medicine on a Larger Scale
www.cambridge.org
April 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine, eds @ahlie.bsky.social, Jeremy Greene, and me, will be available open access from @cambridgeup.bsky.social in May 2025. In a world of growing health inequity, radical social medicine has never been more urgent!
#histstm #histmed #sts
#histstm #histmed #sts
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In correctional healthcare systems, care is secondary to controlling costs & avoiding lawsuits.
What will it take to get people the care they need?
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/heal...
What will it take to get people the care they need?
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/heal...
April 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In correctional healthcare systems, care is secondary to controlling costs & avoiding lawsuits.
What will it take to get people the care they need?
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/heal...
What will it take to get people the care they need?
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/heal...
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"An analysis of police pursuit fatality data shows that most of those killed between 2017 and 2022 were passengers or bystanders."
"At least 1,377 people died in 2020 and 2021, the most recent years for which federal data was available — almost two people a day on average."
Gifted.
"At least 1,377 people died in 2020 and 2021, the most recent years for which federal data was available — almost two people a day on average."
Gifted.
First-of-its-kind database: Majority of people killed in police chases aren’t the fleeing drivers
The majority of people killed in police chases in the United States were passengers or bystanders, first-of-its-kind data analysis shows.
www.sfchronicle.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"An analysis of police pursuit fatality data shows that most of those killed between 2017 and 2022 were passengers or bystanders."
"At least 1,377 people died in 2020 and 2021, the most recent years for which federal data was available — almost two people a day on average."
Gifted.
"At least 1,377 people died in 2020 and 2021, the most recent years for which federal data was available — almost two people a day on average."
Gifted.
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The devastating impact of the cuts to the NEH: state humanities councils will be forced to shut down. These terrible impacts will be felt literally everywhere in this country.
April 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The devastating impact of the cuts to the NEH: state humanities councils will be forced to shut down. These terrible impacts will be felt literally everywhere in this country.
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All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
March 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
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Orleans Parish went 91% no 🙅🏻♂️
March 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Orleans Parish went 91% no 🙅🏻♂️
If you have not already done so, today is the last day for voting on the proposed constitutional amendments in Louisiana. Polls open until 8pm. #NoToThemAll
Louisiana — the day is here! 🙌🏼
Now is the time to make your voice heard, stop the Baton Rouge insiders from passing these shady amendments, and SAY NO TO THEM ALL. 🚫
They thought they could get away with an easy win — but we’re not falling for it! VOTE TODAY 7AM-8PM 🗳️
Now is the time to make your voice heard, stop the Baton Rouge insiders from passing these shady amendments, and SAY NO TO THEM ALL. 🚫
They thought they could get away with an easy win — but we’re not falling for it! VOTE TODAY 7AM-8PM 🗳️
March 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If you have not already done so, today is the last day for voting on the proposed constitutional amendments in Louisiana. Polls open until 8pm. #NoToThemAll
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The EO that included restoring monuments/memorials on federal property is a full-on embrace of Confederate ideology. Beginning Monday @uncpress.bsky.social will make my book No Common Ground available to read FOR FREE for the next two weeks. Educate yourself about what this embrace means. ✊
March 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The EO that included restoring monuments/memorials on federal property is a full-on embrace of Confederate ideology. Beginning Monday @uncpress.bsky.social will make my book No Common Ground available to read FOR FREE for the next two weeks. Educate yourself about what this embrace means. ✊
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It’s so crucial, amid this onslaught of cruelty and immiseration, to highlight local victories.
Here in DeKalb County, organizers just won the South’s first-ever water affordability law—capping bills at 3% of income, expanding shutoff protections, and securing debt relief for low-income residents.
Here in DeKalb County, organizers just won the South’s first-ever water affordability law—capping bills at 3% of income, expanding shutoff protections, and securing debt relief for low-income residents.
Advocates in DeKalb County Secure First of Its Kind Water Affordability Legislation in the Deep South
Yesterday, elected officials in Georgia passed sweeping legislation to address water affordability issues and implement stronger protections against shutoffs in DeKalb County. These efforts are the re
www.naacpldf.org
March 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It’s so crucial, amid this onslaught of cruelty and immiseration, to highlight local victories.
Here in DeKalb County, organizers just won the South’s first-ever water affordability law—capping bills at 3% of income, expanding shutoff protections, and securing debt relief for low-income residents.
Here in DeKalb County, organizers just won the South’s first-ever water affordability law—capping bills at 3% of income, expanding shutoff protections, and securing debt relief for low-income residents.
In the past 30 years, Louisiana has exonerated 11 people facing execution. Radley Balko & Tucker Carrington wrote a great book on the junk science used by West & Hayne to falsely convict people including Duncan. One more reason to #AbolishTheDeathPenalty.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/radle...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/radle...
March 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
In the past 30 years, Louisiana has exonerated 11 people facing execution. Radley Balko & Tucker Carrington wrote a great book on the junk science used by West & Hayne to falsely convict people including Duncan. One more reason to #AbolishTheDeathPenalty.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/radle...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/radle...
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My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...
March 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...
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They are coming for every university, if you think you’re safe because it hasn’t been yours yet I don’t know what to tell you. Join AAUP, refuse to comply, organize your colleagues
Trump administration freezes $175 million in federal funding to Penn
According to a White House tweet, Wednesday's decision is a result of Penn's
www.thedp.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They are coming for every university, if you think you’re safe because it hasn’t been yours yet I don’t know what to tell you. Join AAUP, refuse to comply, organize your colleagues
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And here’s another case. She’s only a completely valid H1-B, and they ignored a court order that stopped her deportation.
Ignored a court order.
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
Ignored a court order.
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
Brown Medicine doctor deported despite federal court order. What we know.
A court order that would have delayed the deportation of Dr. Rasha Alawieh was issued while her plane was on the tarmac, but it took off anyway.
www.providencejournal.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
And here’s another case. She’s only a completely valid H1-B, and they ignored a court order that stopped her deportation.
Ignored a court order.
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
Ignored a court order.
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
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This is outrageous www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Brown University professor held by customs officials at airport after travel to Lebanon
Serving the Brown community since 1891
www.browndailyherald.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is outrageous www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
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THIS IS INCREDIBLE! Cohen Children’s Medical Center has confirmed that it has successfully ELIMINATED sickle cell disease from Sebastien Beauzile, using the groundbreaking genetic treatment Lyfgenia. He has made HISTORY by becoming the FIRST in New York to be CURED of sickle cell anemia! 🧪🧵⬇️
March 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS INCREDIBLE! Cohen Children’s Medical Center has confirmed that it has successfully ELIMINATED sickle cell disease from Sebastien Beauzile, using the groundbreaking genetic treatment Lyfgenia. He has made HISTORY by becoming the FIRST in New York to be CURED of sickle cell anemia! 🧪🧵⬇️