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Abdullah Shihipar

Abdullah Shihipar is a writer and researcher based at the Brown University School of Public Health. He directs Narrative Projects and Policy Impact Initiatives at the People, Place and Health Collective at Brown.

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February 19, 2025

Abdullah Shihipar

How to Save Public Health: Follow Labor’s Lead

The Trumpian ascension of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. carries the potential for vast harm. Fortunately, the playbook for lessening the damage has already been written.

November 21, 2024

Abdullah Shihipar

Regulations Aren’t Killing the Working Class—but the Red Tape Is

A renewed zeal for regulatory reform among Democrats shouldn’t tear down the infrastructure that keeps us safe, but it should eliminate all the obstacles that make it annoying to access.

September 6, 2024

Abdullah Shihipar

The Overdose Crisis No One Wants to Talk About

The United States is still in the throes of this devastating emergency. So why has all discussion of it faded from the campaign?

May 15, 2024

Abdullah Shihipar

Trump’s War on Government Will Take Public Health Back a Century

He and his allies are planning to “deconstruct” the administrative state by stripping its power and forcing out tens of thousands of workers. That will put all of our lives at risk.

Abdullah Shihipar

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