Pantéa Javidan, JD, PhD.
@pjavidan.bsky.social
Faculty & Research Fellow @ Stanford Center for Human Rights & International Justice + Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Lab. Views mine.
“Community isn’t a sentiment; it’s a deliberately built social environment. It needs institutions–public health and social care, housing, childcare, schools, debt relief, neighborhood jobs–that give people time, stability, and proximity to be able to care for one another.”
My new essay: Do Democratic Party politicians believe in anything other than their own personal careers? If they want to stop fascism, or even just win, they need to start.
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Neither Culture Wars nor Big Tents Will Save American Democracy - New Global Politics
Centrists call for a kinder, more connected liberal culture. But without building public systems that allow people to actually care for one another, civility is just polite sentiment to cover over the...
www.newglobalpolitics.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
“Community isn’t a sentiment; it’s a deliberately built social environment. It needs institutions–public health and social care, housing, childcare, schools, debt relief, neighborhood jobs–that give people time, stability, and proximity to be able to care for one another.”
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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A large proportion of Americans support MAHA. It‘s killing them.
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www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Opinion | How MAHA Is Helping Poison Americans While Claiming to Save Them
The Trump administration’s deregulatory regime is undermining MAHA’s health aims.
www.politico.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A large proportion of Americans support MAHA. It‘s killing them.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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It’s time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field. #publichealth #episky #medsky #activism www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again.
It's time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It’s time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field. #publichealth #episky #medsky #activism www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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Enjoy this piece by @gregggonsalves.bsky.social that was a speech he gave at this years APHA!
Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again.
It's time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Enjoy this piece by @gregggonsalves.bsky.social that was a speech he gave at this years APHA!
LOL someone at NYP wasted a lot of energy on this tortured pun salad
I am offended, deeply offended… Red delicious apples are DISGUSTING. The Big Apple is a HONEYCRISP! And in Mamdani’s New York, EVERYONE will be able to afford honeycrisps—as a city owned grocery store!!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
LOL someone at NYP wasted a lot of energy on this tortured pun salad
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"Canada told the fossil fuel industry greenwashing was illegal, and its response was that having to be honest and transparent would make it too hard to do business. Apparently the threat worked," says Phil Newell of @caadcoalition.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/n...
Carney scraps anti-greenwashing law despite public call for climate truth
Most Canadians want the federal government to do more about climate disinformation, especially during extreme weather, new research shows, even as the Carney government scraps Canada's laws against gr...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"Canada told the fossil fuel industry greenwashing was illegal, and its response was that having to be honest and transparent would make it too hard to do business. Apparently the threat worked," says Phil Newell of @caadcoalition.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/n...
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Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
Auburn University requires faculty to review courses to comply with anti-DEI law
Auburn's provost office posted a web site on how to comply with state and federal DEI mandates on Oct. 31.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
Reposted by Pantéa Javidan, JD, PhD.
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The level of unabashed racism on display from mainstream Democrats in response to Zohran Mamdani's popular success is sobering. Racism still unites the political elites across the aisle in America.
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The level of unabashed racism on display from mainstream Democrats in response to Zohran Mamdani's popular success is sobering. Racism still unites the political elites across the aisle in America.
That image says it all
Symbols of the left & labor marginalized to side doors while 2A, GOP, and natalism are front & center
Keep up pretense that moving right = winning, no matter how many times that loses
Neoliberals are paid to waste time, energy & resources, to wear down meaningful opposition
Symbols of the left & labor marginalized to side doors while 2A, GOP, and natalism are front & center
Keep up pretense that moving right = winning, no matter how many times that loses
Neoliberals are paid to waste time, energy & resources, to wear down meaningful opposition
Ezra Klein argues that the best way for Democrats to win is to build a party without principles or purpose other than its own power. He seems to forget that we already have a party that offers that.
November 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
That image says it all
Symbols of the left & labor marginalized to side doors while 2A, GOP, and natalism are front & center
Keep up pretense that moving right = winning, no matter how many times that loses
Neoliberals are paid to waste time, energy & resources, to wear down meaningful opposition
Symbols of the left & labor marginalized to side doors while 2A, GOP, and natalism are front & center
Keep up pretense that moving right = winning, no matter how many times that loses
Neoliberals are paid to waste time, energy & resources, to wear down meaningful opposition
Reposted by Pantéa Javidan, JD, PhD.
Ezra Klein argues that the best way for Democrats to win is to build a party without principles or purpose other than its own power. He seems to forget that we already have a party that offers that.
November 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Ezra Klein argues that the best way for Democrats to win is to build a party without principles or purpose other than its own power. He seems to forget that we already have a party that offers that.
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🔴 Breaking: Israeli Army Launches Criminal Investigation Into Whistleblowers Who Exposed Detainee Rape at Sde Teiman
The Israeli army has opened a criminal probe into the leak of footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp showing a Palestinian detainee – blindfolded, handcuffed, and restrained...
The Israeli army has opened a criminal probe into the leak of footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp showing a Palestinian detainee – blindfolded, handcuffed, and restrained...
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🔴 Breaking: Israeli Army Launches Criminal Investigation Into Whistleblowers Who Exposed Detainee Rape at Sde Teiman
The Israeli army has opened a criminal probe into the leak of footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp showing a Palestinian detainee – blindfolded, handcuffed, and restrained...
The Israeli army has opened a criminal probe into the leak of footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp showing a Palestinian detainee – blindfolded, handcuffed, and restrained...
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New Whopper of the Week from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social: RFK Jr. Makes Up Spooky Stories about Old Men Being More Virile than Teens
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Makes Up Spooky Stories about Old Men Being More Virile than Teens | Defend Public Health
American fertility rates, like those of most countries, have been dropping since about 1960 for many reasons related to broad social, economic, technological and demographic changes. At a White House ...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
New Whopper of the Week from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social: RFK Jr. Makes Up Spooky Stories about Old Men Being More Virile than Teens
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
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It worked. Stem cells (mesenchymal) given to patients with a large heart attack reduced major adverse events in a randomized trial vs standard care www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It worked. Stem cells (mesenchymal) given to patients with a large heart attack reduced major adverse events in a randomized trial vs standard care www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Great interview with @gregggonsalves.bsky.social about #DefendPublicHealth Researchers, Healthcare Workers Group Organizes Opposition to Trump-RFK Jr.’s Destruction of U.S. Public Health System on @betweenthelines.bsky.social go.shr.lc/47qIJYt via @Shareaholic
Researchers, Healthcare Workers Group Organizes Opposition to Trump-RFK Jr.’s Destruction of U.S. Public Health System
Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Gregg Gonsalves talks about the group he founded, ‘Defend Public Heath,’ that’s countering Trump and RFK’s attack on proven science-based public health...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Great interview with @gregggonsalves.bsky.social about #DefendPublicHealth Researchers, Healthcare Workers Group Organizes Opposition to Trump-RFK Jr.’s Destruction of U.S. Public Health System on @betweenthelines.bsky.social go.shr.lc/47qIJYt via @Shareaholic
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ICE continues to make false reports to the CPD to harass people, including elected officials. This is a crime. Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker need to set up clear instructions to demand clear information by 911 dispatchers and cops, and then prosecute criminal acts by ICE.
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
ICE continues to make false reports to the CPD to harass people, including elected officials. This is a crime. Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker need to set up clear instructions to demand clear information by 911 dispatchers and cops, and then prosecute criminal acts by ICE.
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Ah I see we are in “the Nazis are hunting down dissidents in Oxnard and gassing the community” phase
DAILY MEMO: Agents Ziptie Minor and Tear Gas Oxnard Residents While Searching for ‘Anti-Ice’ Protester From Camarillo Raid
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Ah I see we are in “the Nazis are hunting down dissidents in Oxnard and gassing the community” phase
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@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is right on target (once again). The working belief of too many politicians and pundits is that: "Democrats have to accept a little racism to win the working class." Little secret for Dems: this is not true. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is right on target (once again). The working belief of too many politicians and pundits is that: "Democrats have to accept a little racism to win the working class." Little secret for Dems: this is not true. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
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This is the end of an institution.
I’m sorry to say. The rest of the people at CBS News should resign in protest.
Send the signal: Ellison and Bari Weiss can buy the name, but not the credibility of the people who make up the newsroom.
I’m sorry to say. The rest of the people at CBS News should resign in protest.
Send the signal: Ellison and Bari Weiss can buy the name, but not the credibility of the people who make up the newsroom.
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is the end of an institution.
I’m sorry to say. The rest of the people at CBS News should resign in protest.
Send the signal: Ellison and Bari Weiss can buy the name, but not the credibility of the people who make up the newsroom.
I’m sorry to say. The rest of the people at CBS News should resign in protest.
Send the signal: Ellison and Bari Weiss can buy the name, but not the credibility of the people who make up the newsroom.
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CBS News is dead.
A right-wing content mill is about to take its place.
Paramount deserves to hemorrhage money over this. Cancel Paramount+. Boycott their movies in theaters.
The political Right is waging a war on journalism and truth.
Kick them in the profits.
A right-wing content mill is about to take its place.
Paramount deserves to hemorrhage money over this. Cancel Paramount+. Boycott their movies in theaters.
The political Right is waging a war on journalism and truth.
Kick them in the profits.
CBS News endured a “traumatic” day Wednesday, as David Ellison’s Paramount slashed hundreds of jobs in a sweeping round of cuts.
@nataliekorach.bsky.social has all the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...
@nataliekorach.bsky.social has all the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...
Paramount’s Eye Strain
It was a “traumatic” day at CBS News, as David Ellison’s Paramount unleashed a fresh wave of layoffs across the company, hitting the news division hard.
www.status.news
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
CBS News is dead.
A right-wing content mill is about to take its place.
Paramount deserves to hemorrhage money over this. Cancel Paramount+. Boycott their movies in theaters.
The political Right is waging a war on journalism and truth.
Kick them in the profits.
A right-wing content mill is about to take its place.
Paramount deserves to hemorrhage money over this. Cancel Paramount+. Boycott their movies in theaters.
The political Right is waging a war on journalism and truth.
Kick them in the profits.
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This week’s GW guest is Eric King, an expert on anti-fascist action — and what it means to be a political prisoner
Eric served 10 years in a 6x9 cell in federal prison for throwing a Molotov at an *empty* Congressional building.
LIVE on WEDS, Oct. 29
Q&A drops THURSDAY
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
Eric served 10 years in a 6x9 cell in federal prison for throwing a Molotov at an *empty* Congressional building.
LIVE on WEDS, Oct. 29
Q&A drops THURSDAY
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This week’s GW guest is Eric King, an expert on anti-fascist action — and what it means to be a political prisoner
Eric served 10 years in a 6x9 cell in federal prison for throwing a Molotov at an *empty* Congressional building.
LIVE on WEDS, Oct. 29
Q&A drops THURSDAY
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
Eric served 10 years in a 6x9 cell in federal prison for throwing a Molotov at an *empty* Congressional building.
LIVE on WEDS, Oct. 29
Q&A drops THURSDAY
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
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RFK Jr. has united more than a dozen groups from healthcare, science, and public health communities to create the Coalition for a Healthy America. All agree that protecting the health of Americans begins with an essential first step. RFK has got to go.
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The Coalition for a Healthy America
RFK Jr. drew us together.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
RFK Jr. has united more than a dozen groups from healthcare, science, and public health communities to create the Coalition for a Healthy America. All agree that protecting the health of Americans begins with an essential first step. RFK has got to go.
open.substack.com/pub/drbobmor...
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The Science Accountability Institute is a nonprofit organization set up "to support scientific integrity and combat misinformation and disinformation related to public policy". @scienceai.bsky.social
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About - Science Accountability Institute
Truth Matters Policies protecting health, welfare, and the environment, and our environment must rely on the most current scientific knowledge […]
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October 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Science Accountability Institute is a nonprofit organization set up "to support scientific integrity and combat misinformation and disinformation related to public policy". @scienceai.bsky.social
scienceaccountability.org
scienceaccountability.org
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Why is Trump systematically destroying the tools we use to measure public health, poverty, hunger, homelessness, employment, economic changes, education, etc? To destroy faith in the possibility of either truth or accountability.
My piece today for The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My piece today for The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth
Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth or the possibility of accountability.
www.thenation.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Why is Trump systematically destroying the tools we use to measure public health, poverty, hunger, homelessness, employment, economic changes, education, etc? To destroy faith in the possibility of either truth or accountability.
My piece today for The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My piece today for The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/poli...