Ruby Batz
@drarubybatz.bsky.social
Immigrant. Former preschool & special ed teacher. Researcher learning with children labeled as disabled, their families, and their teachers. Currently an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno.
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I did my job. And then I did a job that never should have been my responsibility afterwards, sending emails and having meetings about how this was allowed to happen in the first place. Other women scholars had to spend their time explaining to Aspen leadership why this was not ok.
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The book $2 a Day explains how post-1996 changes to cash welfare benefits made them so hard to access that plenty of eligible people just don’t try. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Living on $2 a day: Exploring extreme poverty in America
In their new book, "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America," academics Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer reveal that there are nearly 1.5 million American households with practically no ca...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The book $2 a Day explains how post-1996 changes to cash welfare benefits made them so hard to access that plenty of eligible people just don’t try. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
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October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...