Haley Norris
@hvnorrisphd.bsky.social
*Views are my own* | Policy Analyst @americanprogress.bsky.social | Political Scientist | Queer | Trans | AuDHD | I have no more hobbies
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Phenomenal reporting on the proposed exclusions of trans folks from 504/disability protections: 19thnews.org/2026/01/disa...
Disability groups are standing united for trans rights. That hasn't always been the case.
Forty years ago, disability advocates abandoned the LGBTQ+ community in exchange for legal protections. Decades later, they are fighting a Trump administration rule to roll-back more safeguards for tr...
19thnews.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Phenomenal reporting on the proposed exclusions of trans folks from 504/disability protections: 19thnews.org/2026/01/disa...
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A candlelight vigil honoring Alex Pretti and other victims of ICE's violence drew a large crowd at the VA Headquarters on Wednesday night.
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
A candlelight vigil honoring Alex Pretti and other victims of ICE's violence drew a large crowd at the VA Headquarters on Wednesday night.
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Tell your reps that DHS doesn’t get a single dollar and to push for prosecutions of everyone involved, including Noem, Homan, Bovino, Miller, and every single member of ICE/CBP.
** If this post gets ~500 likes, I’ll print this on a shirt or hoodie and donate the profits to @immdef.bsky.social **
** If this post gets ~500 likes, I’ll print this on a shirt or hoodie and donate the profits to @immdef.bsky.social **
January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Tell your reps that DHS doesn’t get a single dollar and to push for prosecutions of everyone involved, including Noem, Homan, Bovino, Miller, and every single member of ICE/CBP.
** If this post gets ~500 likes, I’ll print this on a shirt or hoodie and donate the profits to @immdef.bsky.social **
** If this post gets ~500 likes, I’ll print this on a shirt or hoodie and donate the profits to @immdef.bsky.social **
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CAP is hiring a chief economist! Please come be my colleague and get unhealthy amounts of bubble tea with me!
Chief Economist
The Chief Economist will provide thought leadership on economic issues and conduct rigorous economic analysis for American Progress as part of the Economic Policy department. The Chief Economist will ...
www.americanprogress.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
CAP is hiring a chief economist! Please come be my colleague and get unhealthy amounts of bubble tea with me!
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The Minnesota v. Noem hearing is beginning before Judge Katherine Menendez.
Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul are seeking a TRO today to stop Operation Metro Surge.
Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul are seeking a TRO today to stop Operation Metro Surge.
January 26, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The Minnesota v. Noem hearing is beginning before Judge Katherine Menendez.
Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul are seeking a TRO today to stop Operation Metro Surge.
Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul are seeking a TRO today to stop Operation Metro Surge.
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We are pleased to announce the 10th volume of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (JREP) is free to read until the end of January 2026.
You can find the browse the 10th volume here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
You can find the browse the 10th volume here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
All issues | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core
All issues of Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien, Christopher Towler
www.cambridge.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM
We are pleased to announce the 10th volume of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (JREP) is free to read until the end of January 2026.
You can find the browse the 10th volume here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
You can find the browse the 10th volume here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The clergy just keep coming to this anti-ICE protest.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
January 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The clergy just keep coming to this anti-ICE protest.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
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An EEOC vote yesterday will dramatically undermine anti-harassment guidance that helped protect millions of American workers @hvnorrisphd.bsky.social and I break it down for @salon.com : t.co/s6hjlr09xl
https://bit.ly/4sUK6sn
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January 23, 2026 at 3:27 PM
An EEOC vote yesterday will dramatically undermine anti-harassment guidance that helped protect millions of American workers @hvnorrisphd.bsky.social and I break it down for @salon.com : t.co/s6hjlr09xl
absolutely incredible title slide.
I had the absolute pleasure to visit @craicexeter.bsky.social, where I laid out an argument for how critical & computational scholars should lead the conversation on AI. We need to expand research on harms, interrogate corporate hype, and support people’s critical understanding these technologies
January 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
absolutely incredible title slide.
NPR's coverage of the vote at EEOC today to rescind enforcement guidance. www.npr.org/2026/01/22/n...
Trump's EEOC strikes harassment guidance amid debate over transgender protections
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2-1 to roll back the agency's 2024 harassment guidance in its entirety. The document gave employers information on what makes up unlawful harassment.
www.npr.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:18 PM
NPR's coverage of the vote at EEOC today to rescind enforcement guidance. www.npr.org/2026/01/22/n...
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The 2026 financial outlook for American families is not looking good—despite what Trump claims.
Are you better off than you were a year ago?
Are you better off than you were a year ago?
January 22, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The 2026 financial outlook for American families is not looking good—despite what Trump claims.
Are you better off than you were a year ago?
Are you better off than you were a year ago?
The EEOC just voted to rescind the enforcement guidance (2-1, only Kotagal voted against).
January 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The EEOC just voted to rescind the enforcement guidance (2-1, only Kotagal voted against).
Transphobia harms everyone. The EEOC's actions are just another example of this fact. When you start policing some people's bodies and prevent their right to safe workplaces, you put everyone at risk of that same surveillance, harassment, and discrimination.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Transphobia harms everyone. The EEOC's actions are just another example of this fact. When you start policing some people's bodies and prevent their right to safe workplaces, you put everyone at risk of that same surveillance, harassment, and discrimination.
Same!!! As a non-lawyer, these folks make me feel like I could pass the bar tomorrow.
Anytime I feel insecure about my administrative law expertise, I’m just going to listen to these folks. No better cure for imposter syndrome than the lawyers Trump hires
January 22, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Same!!! As a non-lawyer, these folks make me feel like I could pass the bar tomorrow.
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Oh man the Trump White House said that it would be contrary to the public interest to allow the public to weigh in on rescinding a document that nearly 40k people commented on the creation of? Welp, that’s that then. Gotta believe the Trump White House here.
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Oh man the Trump White House said that it would be contrary to the public interest to allow the public to weigh in on rescinding a document that nearly 40k people commented on the creation of? Welp, that’s that then. Gotta believe the Trump White House here.
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I’m old enough to remember when the EEOC put the text of the law over partisan ideology and was the first to affirm Title VII prohibits gender identity discrimination in 2012
publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/jlpp/2012/06...
publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/jlpp/2012/06...
Macy v. Holder: Title VII and Workplace Justice for Transgender Employees
JLPP's Ashley E. McGovern explores a recent landmark EEOC ruling and what it means for transgender and gender non-conforming employees in the workplace.
publications.lawschool.cornell.edu
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I’m old enough to remember when the EEOC put the text of the law over partisan ideology and was the first to affirm Title VII prohibits gender identity discrimination in 2012
publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/jlpp/2012/06...
publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/jlpp/2012/06...
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Important meeting happening today at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), where they are expected to roll back anti-discrimination and anti-harassment guidance to companies.
Commissioner Kotagal is sharing a heartbreaking story of a transgender employee who experienced brutal workplace harassment, whose case was dropped by the Trump appointed EEOC chair.
January 22, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Important meeting happening today at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), where they are expected to roll back anti-discrimination and anti-harassment guidance to companies.
I'm listening to today's EEOC vote on rescinding the enforcement guidance. Commissioner Kotagal put it best, "The commission is throwing out the baby with the bathwater".
January 22, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I'm listening to today's EEOC vote on rescinding the enforcement guidance. Commissioner Kotagal put it best, "The commission is throwing out the baby with the bathwater".
I want to highlight some AMAZING work from my friend and colleague @caseydoherty.bsky.social on voting under guardianship that came out at the end of last year. You can read a full report here: www.americanprogress.org/article/demo...
Democracy Denied for Disabled Americans: Guardianship and the Right To Vote
Protecting the right to vote for many disabled Americans requires eliminating guardianship laws that restrict access to the ballot.
www.americanprogress.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I want to highlight some AMAZING work from my friend and colleague @caseydoherty.bsky.social on voting under guardianship that came out at the end of last year. You can read a full report here: www.americanprogress.org/article/demo...
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Hey friends, I just found out that tomorrow's my last day at the Center for American Progress and will be looking for Sr Designer / Assoc Creative Director roles if you see any.
It's a little tough financially at home as the only breadwinner, but if you can spare it, feel free to buy us a coffee ⬇️
It's a little tough financially at home as the only breadwinner, but if you can spare it, feel free to buy us a coffee ⬇️
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January 15, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Hey friends, I just found out that tomorrow's my last day at the Center for American Progress and will be looking for Sr Designer / Assoc Creative Director roles if you see any.
It's a little tough financially at home as the only breadwinner, but if you can spare it, feel free to buy us a coffee ⬇️
It's a little tough financially at home as the only breadwinner, but if you can spare it, feel free to buy us a coffee ⬇️
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ICE keeps separating gay and lesbian couples at routine check-in appointments.
www.advocate.com/news/gay-cou...
www.advocate.com/news/gay-cou...
Virginia ICE agents nab gay Panamanian immigrant at routine check-in, man’s U.S. citizen husband says
Elias Perez-Zuazo was taken into ICE custody in December after arriving at an agency office for a scheduled appointment he had attended without incident in prior years.
www.advocate.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
ICE keeps separating gay and lesbian couples at routine check-in appointments.
www.advocate.com/news/gay-cou...
www.advocate.com/news/gay-cou...
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These people are not reformable — abolish ICE. We don't need separate immigration cops when we have local cops, state cops, and various federal cop agencies already.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
These people are not reformable — abolish ICE. We don't need separate immigration cops when we have local cops, state cops, and various federal cop agencies already.
If I was still teaching, I'd be using this at least once a week.
I built this for fun. Not really sure what to do with it. Maybe it will be useful to people trying to understand polling. Might even be a decent teaching example. (Feedback welcome. I am not a web designer, please be kind.)
poll-simulator.netlify.app
poll-simulator.netlify.app
Polling Simulator - How do polls work?
Explore how random error and methodological choices shape the results of political polls.
poll-simulator.netlify.app
January 14, 2026 at 3:10 PM
If I was still teaching, I'd be using this at least once a week.
Leave fluoride alone! It just wants to strengthen our enamel and protect us from cavities. 🦷💜
Targeting by the FDA. Toothpaste investigations. Medicaid changes that threaten to limit access.
Even as critics of water fluoridation point to other sources of fluoride as an alternative — usually in the name of individual choice — many are creating barriers to these same products.
My new story:
Even as critics of water fluoridation point to other sources of fluoride as an alternative — usually in the name of individual choice — many are creating barriers to these same products.
My new story:
After Sowing Distrust in Fluoridated Water, Kennedy and Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Fluoride Sources
Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking water point to supplements as an alternative, but many are creating barrie...
www.propublica.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Leave fluoride alone! It just wants to strengthen our enamel and protect us from cavities. 🦷💜
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Medicaid & CHIP cover almost half of American children. A new CMS policy means we’ll know less about their health. @jillrose.bsky.social explains: www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/c...
States no longer have to report Medicaid, CHIP vaccination rates to CMS, further undermining immunization
Medicaid and CHIP cover almost half of American children. A new CMS policy means we will know less about their health.
www.statnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Medicaid & CHIP cover almost half of American children. A new CMS policy means we’ll know less about their health. @jillrose.bsky.social explains: www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/c...