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Center for Racial and Disability Justice
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Promoting justice for people of color, people with disabilities, and individuals at the intersection of race & disability. Reposts not endorsements. https://linktr.ee/crdjustice
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Civil rights law is being rewritten in real time.

📄 This new CLiME report traces how federal policy and enforcement have narrowed racial equity protections and reframed discrimination itself.

👉 Read here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5b996...

#RacialJustice #CivilRights
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February 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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"NSPM-7 threatens core constitutional rights. The smearing of Alex Pretti and Renee Good is not simply a rhetorical tactic. It is part of a larger operation."

The Smearing of Alex Pretti and NSPM-7
By @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social and @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
The Smearing of Alex Pretti and NSPM-7
How administration officials' labelling Alex Pretti and Renee Good as "domestic terrorists" fits in with NSPM-7.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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In Case v. Montana, the Supreme Court reaffirmed warrantless home entry under the emergency aid doctrine. Our latest blog examines how the Court applied that standard—and what it leaves unresolved when facts are uncertain.

Read the full blog at medium.com/@crdjustice/...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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kff.org
Slowing revenue growth, growing spending demands, and federal Medicaid cuts are all contributing to tighter state budgets.

Here’s what it all could mean for state budget debates and Medicaid policy this year: https://on.kff.org/45rYOND
Medicaid and Upcoming State Budget Debates | KFF
This brief describes current state fiscal conditions as states begin fiscal year 2027 budget debates and highlights key areas to watch for Medicaid policy changes as states respond to fiscal challenges and the 2025 reconciliation law.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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DOGE likely perpetrated the most serious, far-reaching data breaches in human history, and we will be dealing with the consequences for years.

Many DOGErs should have been, and still could be, prosecuted for these crimes.
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13d
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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To block modern gun laws, the justices only need to invoke concerns loosely tied to the 19th century

To pass gun laws, legislators must rely on history, and be sure to set aside any history the Republican justices wish to forget

* jazz hands * originalism!

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The Supreme Court’s “History and Tradition” Test Just Ran Into America’s History and Tradition of Anti-Black Racism
Requiring "historical analogues" for modern gun laws eventually turns up some history that makes even the conservative justices uncomfortable.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:01 PM
crdjustice.bsky.social
Grateful for Sozosei’s work to decriminalize mental illness. Their National Strategic Research Framework brings together scholarship and policy to challenge criminalization. We especially value the inclusion of CRDJ’s Jamelia Morgan.

www.sozoseifoundation.org/sozosei-lab-...
Sozosei Lab for Decriminalizing Mental Illness | Sozosei Foundation
The Sozosei Lab for Decriminalizing Mental Illness launched in 2025 to advance research and evidence-based strategies that reduce the criminalization of people with serious mental illness.Housed at th...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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This week’s abrupt termination and reversal of federal mental health grants cannot be treated as isolated or inconsequential.

Below is a brief overview of what happened, why it matters for alternative, non-police crisis response, and how it connects to broader federal priorities. A must read. [1/9]
January 16, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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Lynn Manning taught us that disability born of force is forced testimony. Bodies become disabled in many ways. But when the state disables someone through force, it shows exactly how power is willing to write itself into flesh.
January 15, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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New from CRDJ: Reading Between the Reports analyzes 9 major AI & disability reports. Together, they reveal fragmentation, not justice, and the urgent need for a rights-based, community-governed AI justice ecosystem that confronts racialized ableism.

Out Now: www.crdjustice.org/disability-d...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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I am pleased to be doing an AMA on r/AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social today, you can ask me anything (within reason!) about my new book "Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South" )published by @uncpress.bsky.social) here: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: I'm Dr. Kylie Smith, a professor at Emory University, and I'm here to talk about my new book "Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the Ame...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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New year, new U! 😎🌴🌞
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CRDJ has joined the UCLA School of Law, expanding our work at the intersections of racial justice, disability justice, and critical law & policy.

We’re so excited to join the amazing community working in these spaces in California, while also continuing our work in Chicago & the East Coast.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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CRDJ has joined the UCLA School of Law, expanding our work at the intersections of racial justice, disability justice, and critical law & policy.

We’re so excited to join the amazing community working in these spaces in California, while also continuing our work in Chicago & the East Coast.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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New blog by @jjjordynjensen.bsky.social on why police and carceral systems remain central to mental health crisis response, and how power, funding, and geography shape who gets care and who is routed toward confinement.

Read the full blog at: nlawcrdj.medium.com/the-landscap...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
crdjustice.bsky.social
🚨 A major civil rights change just happened.

The U.S. DOJ just rescinded key Title VI regulations without public notice/comment, removing disparate impact enforcement and making it harder to challenge policies that harm marginalized communities across federally funded programs.

Learn how. [1/10]
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December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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With @govpritzker.illinois.gov signing Illinois’ medical aid-in-dying bill into law TODAY, the stakes are clear.

Real compassion means strengthening palliative care, mental health supports, HCBS, & assistance in living—not cost-saving shortcuts guiding end-of-life policy.

CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/7]
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December 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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🎁 The 2025 Disability Holiday Gift Guide is LIVE! Shop disabled-owned small businesses, explore books on disability, and support disability-led causes—all curated by Kate Caldwell & Emily Ladau. Please share widely!

Link: tr.ee/l-ilLWXWca

Wishing everyone a warm, safe, & healthy holiday season. ✨
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December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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MAiD is framed as compassion—but where it expands, suicide rates rise & a two-tiered system emerges: care for some, lethal medication for others. Media narratives that normalize “dignified death” deepen this harm—especially for disabled, poor, and racialized people.

More: CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/8]
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December 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
crdjustice.bsky.social
Accessing disaster aid can be overwhelming, especially for disabled people, elders, people of color, & low-income communities. FEMA is often the main system people are directed to after a disaster, but navigating it is not always transparent or easy. This guide breaks down the real steps. [1/7]
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December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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It’s easier to access help in dying than support to live. Disabled people wait months to years for care & housing while MAiD can move forward in weeks—showing what our systems prioritize. When death is cheaper than care, MAiD becomes the default, not a real choice.

More: CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/8]
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December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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“Dignity is the right to live — not pressure to die.” CRDJ's Dr. Kate Caldwell (@kcaldwell.bsky.social) in today’s @chicago.suntimes.com on Illinois’ “medical-aid-in-dying” bill. The End-of-Life Options Act now sits on @govpritzker.illinois.gov's desk. [1/3]

🔗 chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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MAiD promises safeguards, but the system relies on coercion, paperwork, and little oversight. Providers self-report, algorithms amplify bias, and people choose MAiD because they can’t afford care or housing. That isn’t consent—it’s economic coercion.

Learn more: CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/8]
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November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Health care shouldn’t depend on your job or being seen as “productive.” Linking care to employment reinforces racist and ableist inequities, shutting out disabled people & communities of color. Health justice means decoupling care from work.

Read the full blog: nlawcrdj.medium.com/health-justi...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) reframes disability as “suffering,” treating disability as the problem and death as the solution. When society denies access, support, & care, those failures get labeled “personal tragedy,” and death becomes the relief.

Learn more: www.crdjustice.org/maid [1/10]
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November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
crdjustice.bsky.social
The LA fires exposed a major breakdown in government accountability. Even with protections in place, aid was slow, coordination stalled, & the response relied on prison labor & international crews—revealing the gap between law on paper versus reality. [1/7]

crdjustice.org/inclusive-disaster-relief
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November 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM