Michele Cadigan, Ph.D.
@cadigonia.bsky.social
Sociologist | Incoming Assist Prof @ ASU | Areas: Socio-Legal Studies, Econ Soc, Race & Ethnicity, Work & Orgs | Topics: Cannabis Legalization, Fines and Fees, Crim Legal System, Employment | Opinions expressed here are my own
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To advance upward mobility in #communities, having access to #data that incorporates information about #disabilities is critical.
Learn more about current challenges with including disability data and how Urban’s Upward Mobility Initiative tools can help.
Learn more about current challenges with including disability data and how Urban’s Upward Mobility Initiative tools can help.
Including Disabled People in Upward Mobility: Leveraging Local Data
To support upward mobility from poverty, policymakers must specifically consider the unique challenges people with disabilities face when designing and implementing policies.
upward-mobility.urban.org
July 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
To advance upward mobility in #communities, having access to #data that incorporates information about #disabilities is critical.
Learn more about current challenges with including disability data and how Urban’s Upward Mobility Initiative tools can help.
Learn more about current challenges with including disability data and how Urban’s Upward Mobility Initiative tools can help.
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people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research
July 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research
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If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
June 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
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Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting
migrantinsider.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
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People are using Waze to report “icy conditions” in SoCal. Brilliant www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjv83UGD/
TikTok video by 🩵🩵moon child's musings🩵🩵
www.tiktok.com
June 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
People are using Waze to report “icy conditions” in SoCal. Brilliant www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjv83UGD/
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"Sheriff has history of cop-like behavior"
Florida Sheriff Who Threatened to Kill Protesters Has History of Corruption, Racial Profiling and Bribery Accusations
Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey and his office have been sued multiple times throughout the years, including for false arrest and imprisonment.
www.latintimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Sheriff has history of cop-like behavior"
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Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
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It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo.
It’s cowardice.
It’s cowardice.
June 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo.
It’s cowardice.
It’s cowardice.
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In case you weren't aware, the greater LA metropolitan area is the size of Portugal and contains 80% more people.
They cannot constitutionally do this, but also, they cannot physically do this.
They cannot constitutionally do this, but also, they cannot physically do this.
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In case you weren't aware, the greater LA metropolitan area is the size of Portugal and contains 80% more people.
They cannot constitutionally do this, but also, they cannot physically do this.
They cannot constitutionally do this, but also, they cannot physically do this.
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Two stories, two days apart
![New Zealand's Rich Listers climb above $100 billion despite 'tough' times
11:41 am on 9 June 2025
[Photo of toy company Zuru co-owner and troglodyte, Nick Mowbray.]
NBR's 2025 rich list sees the total valuation pushed to $102.1 billion
The collective worth of the 119 individuals and families profiled is the equivalent of more than 40 percent of the nation's GDP
There are around a dozen new Rich Listers, worth $4.3 billion altogether
Two women, Anna Mowbray and Lucy Liu, have made the list for the first time since 2019
The National Business Review annual rich list has found Aotearoa's wealthiest people are collectively worth more than $100 billion - up from $95.55 billion last year - despite a tough 12 months financially.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tovgoxltmjvco6mu7tyhlgmk/bafkreicvneg5alstk72ag5vwomndwnvjosjdpxhrmtwpqtk5zgcznmfdku@jpeg)
June 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Two stories, two days apart
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Two unmarked vehicles pinned a car in Boyle Heights today. Officers then shot tear gas into the car where a one-year-old and a woman were passengers. All to arrest a man who allegedly assaulted a CBP officer.
I was at those protests. That officer likely assaulted him www.latimes.com/california/s...
I was at those protests. That officer likely assaulted him www.latimes.com/california/s...
June 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Two unmarked vehicles pinned a car in Boyle Heights today. Officers then shot tear gas into the car where a one-year-old and a woman were passengers. All to arrest a man who allegedly assaulted a CBP officer.
I was at those protests. That officer likely assaulted him www.latimes.com/california/s...
I was at those protests. That officer likely assaulted him www.latimes.com/california/s...
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
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This is the paper I thought of when I first heard about the Massachusetts millionaire tax and look, the findings still hold!
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
June 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is the paper I thought of when I first heard about the Massachusetts millionaire tax and look, the findings still hold!
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
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"In this ruling, a majority of the Fifth Circuit has embraced a doctrine that not only permits but also constitutionalizes the removal of books from public libraries by government officials for ideological reasons," reads the statement from EveryLibrary.
This is Government Censorship in its Plainest Form, States EveryLibrary
EveryLibrary responds to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' Little v. Llano County decision, which will allow the government to remove or restrict access to books from public library shelves.
www.slj.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"In this ruling, a majority of the Fifth Circuit has embraced a doctrine that not only permits but also constitutionalizes the removal of books from public libraries by government officials for ideological reasons," reads the statement from EveryLibrary.
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It's an authoritarian takeover:
1. austerity bill to facilitate theft & clientelism
2. destroying sites of dissent - law firms, unions, unis
3. attacking independent institutions - Congress, courts, states
4. will require violence - militias, ICE, Nat'l Guard, military
None of it is a "distraction"
1. austerity bill to facilitate theft & clientelism
2. destroying sites of dissent - law firms, unions, unis
3. attacking independent institutions - Congress, courts, states
4. will require violence - militias, ICE, Nat'l Guard, military
None of it is a "distraction"
June 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It's an authoritarian takeover:
1. austerity bill to facilitate theft & clientelism
2. destroying sites of dissent - law firms, unions, unis
3. attacking independent institutions - Congress, courts, states
4. will require violence - militias, ICE, Nat'l Guard, military
None of it is a "distraction"
1. austerity bill to facilitate theft & clientelism
2. destroying sites of dissent - law firms, unions, unis
3. attacking independent institutions - Congress, courts, states
4. will require violence - militias, ICE, Nat'l Guard, military
None of it is a "distraction"
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*URGENT* please support NIH research and the NIH employees who are standing up for science at the risk of losing their jobs! Sign *TODAY* in support of the Bethesda Declaration. The senate appropriations committee is reviewing the NIH budget Tuesday at 10 am. SHARE widely! 🧪
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
*URGENT* please support NIH research and the NIH employees who are standing up for science at the risk of losing their jobs! Sign *TODAY* in support of the Bethesda Declaration. The senate appropriations committee is reviewing the NIH budget Tuesday at 10 am. SHARE widely! 🧪
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Just bringing this one from @jamellebouie.net in 2020 back (gift link)
Opinion | The Police Are Rioting. We Need to Talk About It. (Published 2020)
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Just bringing this one from @jamellebouie.net in 2020 back (gift link)
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This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.
June 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.
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In the budget bill, SNAP for kids over 7 will require even single parents to work. This will be devastating for already stressed single moms. And the GOP doesn't care because their solution is always pushing women to marry and/or stay in bad relationships. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Provision in GOP budget bill puts millions at risk of losing SNAP benefits
www.pbs.org
June 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In the budget bill, SNAP for kids over 7 will require even single parents to work. This will be devastating for already stressed single moms. And the GOP doesn't care because their solution is always pushing women to marry and/or stay in bad relationships. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Also just to point this out:
Banks keep lists of people who are INVESTIGATED not convicted, not even charged, with financial crimes.
You do not need to have done ANYTHING wrong to end up on "Do Not Bank" lists that get circulated and find yourself shut out entirely.
Banks keep lists of people who are INVESTIGATED not convicted, not even charged, with financial crimes.
You do not need to have done ANYTHING wrong to end up on "Do Not Bank" lists that get circulated and find yourself shut out entirely.
May 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Also just to point this out:
Banks keep lists of people who are INVESTIGATED not convicted, not even charged, with financial crimes.
You do not need to have done ANYTHING wrong to end up on "Do Not Bank" lists that get circulated and find yourself shut out entirely.
Banks keep lists of people who are INVESTIGATED not convicted, not even charged, with financial crimes.
You do not need to have done ANYTHING wrong to end up on "Do Not Bank" lists that get circulated and find yourself shut out entirely.
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I developed a killer workshop on commonly made mistakes in evaluating evidence in sexual violence cases. And I want to take it more places.
If you work with survivors in any capacity—including as a journalist or academic who writes about these issues—I would absolutely love to share this with you.
If you work with survivors in any capacity—including as a journalist or academic who writes about these issues—I would absolutely love to share this with you.
May 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I developed a killer workshop on commonly made mistakes in evaluating evidence in sexual violence cases. And I want to take it more places.
If you work with survivors in any capacity—including as a journalist or academic who writes about these issues—I would absolutely love to share this with you.
If you work with survivors in any capacity—including as a journalist or academic who writes about these issues—I would absolutely love to share this with you.
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Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety"
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
www.404media.co
May 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety"
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
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They care about merit until it's someone they hate earning accolades and honors.
They care about merit until they impose the least qualified people in this country into positions of power.
They don't care about merit.
They care about merit until they impose the least qualified people in this country into positions of power.
They don't care about merit.
one of the most insane normalized aspects of our political climate is politicians going after their own constituents in the name of anti-wokeness. what are we doing here
May 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They care about merit until it's someone they hate earning accolades and honors.
They care about merit until they impose the least qualified people in this country into positions of power.
They don't care about merit.
They care about merit until they impose the least qualified people in this country into positions of power.
They don't care about merit.