Liz Chiarello

PEN Guild wins landmark arbitration on AI protections - Washington-Baltimore News Guild This decision marks one of the first major labor-arbitration rulings on the impact of AI on journalists' work.

In case you missed it, Politico's unionized journalists won a key arbitration ruling against management efforts to rush undercooked, error-prone AI systems into journalism without being transparent or competent about it:

✨ I’m thrilled to be part of the Centennial Celebrations Local Author Book Fair at the Kirkwood Public Library! ✨

Can’t wait to celebrate stories and our library’s 100th anniversary with you! 📚✨

Register at kplmo.org/event/local-...

@kirkwoodlib.bsky.social

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Law and Order Leviathan: America’s Extraordinary Regime of Policing and Punishment by David Garland

How American-style capitalism creates a coercive state unlike any other.

David Garland's Law and Order Leviathan is now available worldwide. Learn more and order your copy today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#Sociology

This week's Clippings of Soc in the News: @lizchiarello.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com,
Patrick Sheehan in Arts X Science Magazine, Charles Derber in @thenation.com, @nancyberns.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com, & Abigail Coplin in @washingtonpost.com.

Read it here:
🔗 bit.ly/3KXjSEd 🔗

Here is a block list for them bsky.app/profile/best...

I attended a fantastic talk by @karenhao.bsky.social at @weidenbaumcenter.bsky.social today. She shared really thoughtful insights on the promises and pitfalls of AI. Very excited to read her book, Empire of AI 🙌

Conflict at the drugstore: When pharmacists’ and patients’ values collide Controversies often arise over pharmacists refusing to dispense medication, from Plan B to unproven COVID-19 treatments. Each one raises questions about professional rights and responsibilities.

What should be done when pharmacists’ and patients’ values collide? We’ve been struggling with this question for over 20 years and finding a resolution requires understanding professional rights and responsibilities. Check out my latest for @theconversation.com

theconversation.com/conflict-at-...

Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis by Elizabeth Chiarello

Elizabeth Chiarello

We'd like to congratulate PUP author @lizchiarello.bsky.social, whose book Policing Patients was the 2025 Honorable Mention for The Section on the Sociology of Law’s Distinguished Book Award from the @asanews.bsky.social!

Learn more about this book here: hubs.ly/Q03Lx_6G0

A good time was had by all!

Such fun!! 🙌

Policing Patients turned one this week 🥹 I am so grateful for the opportunities this book has given me to speak up for people who use drugs and for people in pain. And I’m awed by the activists, scholars, professionals, and lawmakers who fight for what’s right despite strong political headwinds.

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts News Commentary Podcast · Updated Weekly · A show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it for the rest of America. Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus ...

Got to speak with Mark Joseph Stern for the Amicus podcast this week about pregnancy criminalization and why it matters, for all of us. Hope you’ll give it a listen.

#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award Honorable Mention:

Elizabeth Chiarello:
@lizchiarello.bsky.social
“Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis”
@princetonupress.bsky.social

🔗: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

I am deeply moved by the scholars and activists who devote themselves to making sure that people who use drugs and people with chronic pain are treated with care and respect, not cruelty and punishment. I hope that my work can make some small difference in this fight.

I am grateful to the selection committees and I am especially grateful to the 337 professionals who talked with me about their work over a decade. This work is about their struggles and about the citizens/clients they serve. 2/3

I feel incredibly honored that Policing Patients and Trojan Horse Technologies received so much recognition at ASA this year 🥹 1/3 @asanews.bsky.social @asaskat.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @washuartsci.bsky.social

Took home a couple of ASA book awards this week alongside the brilliant @lizchiarello.bsky.social 📚 at @asaskat.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social

#SpacesOnTheSpectrum (@columbiaup.bsky.social)
#PolicingPatients (@princetonupress.bsky.social)

Yesterday, we saw Jurassic Park media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

Please listen carefully as our menu options changed once like 7 and half years ago.

YouTube video by CBS Mornings Josh Gondelman brings the laughs in new special "Positive Reinforcement"

Thank you to CBS Mornings for having me on today to talk about my new standup special and my dismal prospects for the NBA draft!!! This was such a thrill!!!

Access to care should not be based on your politics, your marital status, your sexual behavior, your gender, your race or ethnicity, your religion, or your disability status. Weaponizing healthcare is bad medicine 5/5

And Ruth Horowitz wrote an excellent book on why physicians must act in the public interest 4/

@lsepper.bsky.social has written extensively about this 3/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Missouri’s quack COVID drug shield law just the latest way to interfere with doctors Lawmakers forbid physicians to ask questions about guns in the home, but let them dispense useless and possibly dangerous medication. | Opinion

@jefflittle76.bsky.social and I wrote about this problem in pharmacy 2/ amp.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

“Conscientious objection” in healthcare is a slippery slope. Physicians should adhere to their professional code of ethics not use personal beliefs to decide who deserves care. 1/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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I love hearing that!

Thanks @jefflittle76.bsky.social for organizing! It was a great conversation

Really looking forward to this!