abdullah
@ashihipar.bsky.social
writer in public health. work at PPHC/Brown SPH. god is good. alhumduillah. அப்துல்லா. عبد الله.
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Wrote this piece for @newrepublic.com with Professor Brandon Marshall about how the overdose crisis is driven by poverty and how harm reduction measures get the blame for larger structural problems they aren't designed to fix. We need economic populism and economic justice.
Collective members Professor Brandon Marshall and Abdullah Shihipar write about viewing the overdose crisis as one driven by material suffering and explain that pursuing economic justice can have a real impact in reducing overdose deaths.
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
The Populist Approach to the Opioid Crisis Can Save Millions of Lives
The overdose epidemic is often framed as a public health concern. But what if we treated it as an economic crisis, which policy can alleviate?
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Wrote this piece for @newrepublic.com with Professor Brandon Marshall about how the overdose crisis is driven by poverty and how harm reduction measures get the blame for larger structural problems they aren't designed to fix. We need economic populism and economic justice.
anyways been writing more about public health and economic populism lately and thats gonna continue to be the case
wrote for The Nation about why Lina Khan's tenure at FTC is a model for HHS. strong & consistent regulatory action that serves working people and protects their health, holding corporate entities accountable & all the while keeping the public informed.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
HHS Doesn’t Need an RFK Jr. It Needs a Lina Khan.
Society / July 18, 2025 HHS Doesn’t Need an RFK Jr. It Needs a Lina Khan. Forget Kennedy’s faux-populist, anti-science approach. The former FTC chair provides the real model of an ideal HHS secretary....
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
anyways been writing more about public health and economic populism lately and thats gonna continue to be the case
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
Wrote this piece for @newrepublic.com with Professor Brandon Marshall about how the overdose crisis is driven by poverty and how harm reduction measures get the blame for larger structural problems they aren't designed to fix. We need economic populism and economic justice.
Collective members Professor Brandon Marshall and Abdullah Shihipar write about viewing the overdose crisis as one driven by material suffering and explain that pursuing economic justice can have a real impact in reducing overdose deaths.
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
The Populist Approach to the Opioid Crisis Can Save Millions of Lives
The overdose epidemic is often framed as a public health concern. But what if we treated it as an economic crisis, which policy can alleviate?
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Wrote this piece for @newrepublic.com with Professor Brandon Marshall about how the overdose crisis is driven by poverty and how harm reduction measures get the blame for larger structural problems they aren't designed to fix. We need economic populism and economic justice.
that said, I have committed to baking canadian butter tarts if the Jays win
the rest of Canada can enjoy this but I'm cheering for Toronto's own, not Canada's team
November 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
that said, I have committed to baking canadian butter tarts if the Jays win
BACK TO SAY GO JAYS GO JAYS GO JAYS -- BRING IT HOME FOR THE CITY STATE OF TORONTO
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
BACK TO SAY GO JAYS GO JAYS GO JAYS -- BRING IT HOME FOR THE CITY STATE OF TORONTO
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RFK Jr. won’t see your post about his addiction — but many others who have suffered from addiction will, along with their families, employers, & friends.
your post stigmatizes and punishes US. not him.
RFK has many disqualifying attributes; his addiction from years ago is not one of them.
your post stigmatizes and punishes US. not him.
RFK has many disqualifying attributes; his addiction from years ago is not one of them.
And he said the heroin helped him get better grades.
September 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
RFK Jr. won’t see your post about his addiction — but many others who have suffered from addiction will, along with their families, employers, & friends.
your post stigmatizes and punishes US. not him.
RFK has many disqualifying attributes; his addiction from years ago is not one of them.
your post stigmatizes and punishes US. not him.
RFK has many disqualifying attributes; his addiction from years ago is not one of them.
I am a big fan of the first amendment, my top amendment 10/10
September 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I am a big fan of the first amendment, my top amendment 10/10
I would like a fireplace in my studio apartment
September 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I would like a fireplace in my studio apartment
going to be writing a brief gratitude in tough times series for the newsletter -- part one will be about starting a prayer book & praying for specific people - their hopes, their dreams, their worries. even if you don't believe, pray for another person.
September 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
going to be writing a brief gratitude in tough times series for the newsletter -- part one will be about starting a prayer book & praying for specific people - their hopes, their dreams, their worries. even if you don't believe, pray for another person.
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Even before Medicaid cuts take effect, some hospitals anticipating financial challenges have paused previously planned projects, such as labor and delivery services.
Yasmeen Abutaleb traveled to Kentucky to show what's at stake www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yasmeen Abutaleb traveled to Kentucky to show what's at stake www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Medicaid cuts threaten rural hospitals — and access to maternity care
Medicaid cuts in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill threaten rural hospitals, risking service cuts and closures that could severely limit access to maternity care.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Even before Medicaid cuts take effect, some hospitals anticipating financial challenges have paused previously planned projects, such as labor and delivery services.
Yasmeen Abutaleb traveled to Kentucky to show what's at stake www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yasmeen Abutaleb traveled to Kentucky to show what's at stake www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Which way matcha man?
Notes for the performative man.
howtobealone.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I ate beef liver today and realized that now whenever I eat organ meats I think of bobby hill getting gout
August 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I ate beef liver today and realized that now whenever I eat organ meats I think of bobby hill getting gout
for public health to succeed in these dire dire times, we gotta give up consultancy brain
August 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
for public health to succeed in these dire dire times, we gotta give up consultancy brain
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wrote for The Nation about why Lina Khan's tenure at FTC is a model for HHS. strong & consistent regulatory action that serves working people and protects their health, holding corporate entities accountable & all the while keeping the public informed.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
HHS Doesn’t Need an RFK Jr. It Needs a Lina Khan.
Society / July 18, 2025 HHS Doesn’t Need an RFK Jr. It Needs a Lina Khan. Forget Kennedy’s faux-populist, anti-science approach. The former FTC chair provides the real model of an ideal HHS secretary....
www.thenation.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
wrote for The Nation about why Lina Khan's tenure at FTC is a model for HHS. strong & consistent regulatory action that serves working people and protects their health, holding corporate entities accountable & all the while keeping the public informed.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...