And here's a link to the case/decision:
statecourtreport.org/case-tracker...

Well this is a first. My 2004 ASR article with Nicola Beisel on abortion in the 19th century was cited in the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision striking down the state's 1849 abortion ban!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

To be in the USW, which is a primary case in my first book, NAFTA and the Politics of Labor Transnationalism, represents a full circle moment for me. We are all excited to move to a vibrant new city, and to meet new colleagues, friends, and yes, new horses!

The Pitt Faculty Union enshrined academic freedom into their first contract in 2024, and included anti-bullying and anti-harassment clauses to protect everyone. That is who they are, and I am so proud to join them as a new colleague in this fantastic department at this esteemed university.

I am delighted to announce my appointment to an endowed chair as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. The icing on the cake is that I am also a member of the Union of Pitt Faculty (United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1088-04).

Today would have been #MichaelBurawoy's 78th birthday. I know all of us who loved him miss him very, very much. Ana Villarreal took this photo of him, which I love (as do many others). I'm so glad she did and that she shares it with us all.

And Audrey interviewed Salgado in Paris for this article for @contexts.org
contexts.org/articles/seb...

#MichaelBurawoy, Audrey Singer & I nominated the great photographer Sebastião Salgado (who passed away Friday) for the 2010 @asanews.bsky.social ASA Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award. He won. To celebrate, I wrote this analysis @soc-forum.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/43e8vuew

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Hmmm, I wonder who is behind the scenes asking the feds and IN to target Notre Dame's DEI policies? Could the call possibly be coming from inside the house? Nah, what group would do that?
www.wboi.org/government/2...

Abortion bans kill women. Abortion bans torture women. Abortion bans are about control, power & attempt to thwart the mind blowing success of women (particularly women of color) who excel at everything they do. If you weren’t a threat they’d just ignore you.

If your "Poverty Initiative" pretends some of the key variables linked to poverty in the US and around the world—lack of access to birth control and reproductive health care—don't exist or matter, it isn't really a poverty initiative at all.

So many of us predicted this—abortion bans kill women in every country that have them. Women now also experience DEATH BY MISCARRIAGE.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Congress could change this and take back tariff authority.

Wow! So many people marching in South Bend. We're not used to this. It's usually 20 people milling around at an anti-abortion rally.
www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2...

You have to have a malignant loathing of women to pass an abortion ban. It is torture of women and makes pregnancy less safe for everyone.

@tamkay.bsky.social's (@ndsociology.bsky.social) works on issues of trade, labor, social movements, globalization, culture, organizations, and global health. Her work engages two primary areas: transnational political economy & transnational culture.

Connect with Kay: scholars.org/scholar/tama...

My book "Coproducing Sesame Street Around the World:
Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" will drop soon. I was in Amman & Ramallah to interview Mr. Kuttab & Palestinian team, & observe their workshops & meetings w NY-based Sesame Workshop staff. Incredible team.

So why do we have to call it what they want us to call it? Theirs sounds too benign, so I'm calling it DODGY. AI defines it as: "British slang term that means something is suspicious, unreliable, or of low quality." Sounds about right.

A story before I close my laptop for the day:

A new poll shows that none of the 16 states with first trimester restrictions or near-total bans had majority support, with the lowest support coming from Idaho and Kentucky. Nearly 1/3 who live in states with bans said they strongly disagree with it.

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj

Open access for our new article "Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates: The Case of Abortion Rights in the United States and Latin America"

buff.ly/4gvJgLo

📢New #PAG20 Notes from the Field 📝

@acalasanti.bsky.social, Cora Fernández Anderson & @tamkay.bsky.social outline how field research on abortion rights movements has changed in and outside of the U.S. post-Dobbs in "Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates"

https://buff.ly/4gvJgLo

When Erik passed away, both Eren and I separately had the same thought—had he saved it digitally after 18 years? He was a Luddite, without a tv, cell phone, or car, so who knew? We each sent it to him and got the same response—yes, he still had it and "This was Erik's favorite photo of us."