Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Here is the link : uncpress.org/978146969467...uncpress.orgBreaking Families, Making FamiliesFamilies in the United States experience child abuse investigations, the removal of children from their homes, and the termination of parental rights at high... 001
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My book is here! May it serve advocates, family defenders and policymakers as a tool to usher in positive change. 162
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In 1999, foster youth suddenly were at the center of a much smaller bill, the Foster Care Independence Act. My new article tells the story of how these youth voices were coopted. Happy to share a pdf! 010
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In the 1990s, foster youth began a newspaper written by and for themselves. They appeared in the radio, on TV, and gave deeply personal interviews. So why didn't anyone hear their voices in the lead up to the passage of the biggest child welfare reform bill, the 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act? 111
Reposted by Mical RazZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12/08/2026NEW: Harmeet Dhillon swore in 100+ new Civil Rights Division lawyers as "civil rights warriors" for "ALL Americans" — then named exactly none of them. So we did. Court filings let us ID 11. At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities. 1/citizen.orgMeet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission - Public CitizenIntroduction On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new… 9830851583
Reposted by Mical RazCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...stlpr.orgOverland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportationsThe couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media. 33720436
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Just pre ordered ! Hoping to read it in time to add to my fall health politics and policies seminar . 110
Reposted by Mical RazSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 24/07/2026Ten years later, sweaty and slurring, he's still promising a health care plan he's never delivered on. Instead, Americans got the highest health care costs ever and hospitals laying off staff or shutting down entirely. All thanks to Trump's health care sabotage & Medicaid cuts. 1162406633
Reposted by Mical RazJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Netanyahu doesn’t represent my values, or the values of most American Jews. He is a war criminal and he deserves to be tried for it. The way for me to be safe as a Diaspora Jew is to not be associated with Netanyahu and his crimes. Our self-appointed community leaders seem to want the opposite. 5937127
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It’s very clear what kind of person gets that kind of tattoo. It should have been immediately disqualifying, and I’d argue that rising antisemitism alongside a pushback against weaponization of antisemitism claims enabled his run. 010
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026New York Sun interviews some of my favorite child welfare scholars on the Buttigieg case. Was gratified to weigh in as well . www.nysun.com/article/butt... 020
Reposted by Mical RazMical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026New book will be out in September , but the cover and webpage makes it feel real !uncpress.orgBreaking Families, Making FamiliesFamilies in the United States experience child abuse investigations, the removal of children from their homes, and the termination of parental rights at high... 0117
Reposted by Mical RazDoron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Happy to comment for @washingtonpost.com on the dangerous effort by anti-vaxxers to weaponize anti-discrimination protections in court. I wrote abt similar attempts to abuse disability law in Disability as Metaphor (Penn L. Rev). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...washingtonpost.comAnti-vaxxers are coupling up on apps for ‘Unjected’ singlesDating apps are pairing unvaccinated people across the country — and in some cases hosting controversial in-person events. 42911
Reposted by Mical RazJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026We are governed by idiots. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...nytimes.comScores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional 1011837
Reposted by Mical RazChristine Slobogin @slobogin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026We have recently launched a Visiting Scholar Grant at Rochester to work with the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform. See attached flyer for details! #histmed #fellowship 02414
Reposted by Mical RazJennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Chaotic, unplanned cuts to US programs eroded the infrastructure that was keeping the world safe. Now, An American father is fighting for his life. The whole article is just damning. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/h... @apoorvanyt.bsky.socialnytimes.comEfforts to Contain Ebola May Have Been Hindered by Lack of U.S. Involvement 59247
Reposted by Mical RazEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Class in the US is entirely a matter of aesthetics now. Rich suburban kids are “country”. Beard Dudes who look like they love IPAs are “working class.” Teachers who make $32,000 a year but have to dress up sort of nice in JCPenney clothes are “elites“. None of these words mean anything anymore. 9456231132
Reposted by Mical RazBony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 03/05/2026why read for pleasure when you can scroll for misery 1437053
Reposted by Mical RazDoron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Very honored to be recognized as Researcher of the Year @setonhalllaw.bsky.social @setonhall.bsky.social. 2025–2026 has been an important year, both personally and professionally, and I’m incredibly grateful. 12777
Reposted by Mical RazShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals 46102222359
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026New book will be out in September , but the cover and webpage makes it feel real !uncpress.orgBreaking Families, Making FamiliesFamilies in the United States experience child abuse investigations, the removal of children from their homes, and the termination of parental rights at high... 0117
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026www.amazon.com/Breaking-Fam...amazon.comBreaking Families, Making Families: Adoption and Child Welfare in the 1990sBreaking Families, Making Families: Adoption and Child Welfare in the 1990s [Raz, Mical] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Breaking Families, Making Families: Adoption and Child Welfare in the 1990s 000
Reposted by Mical RazChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Anyone watching that speech has no idea whether Trump is escalating or deescalating the war with Iran. But to be fair, neither does he so🤷♂️. 34098911561
Reposted by Mical RazMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 25/03/2026If you're in New Haven tomorrow, come to @ispsyale.bsky.social, as I'm thrilled to get to discuss with @povertyscholar.bsky.social and @jacobhacker.bsky.social (two of my very favorite people) the Medicaid impact of the (not so) BBB. A great convo ahead! politicalscience.yale.edu/event/medica...politicalscience.yale.edu“Medicaid in a Post-Big Beautiful Bill World”: A Conversation with Jamila Michener & Miranda Yaver | Department of Political ScienceAPEX SPECIAL EVENT 1155
Reposted by Mical RazAmy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Graham Platner has an ad tying Maine hospitals closing to "Big Pharma." As a person who follows health policy closely, I have no clue why and how he thinks Big Pharma is related to hospitals closing. No one with health policy expertise would say that's the cause of hospital closures. 1/ #mepolitics 581490360
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 22/03/2026This is truly horrifying post. And terribly antisemitic. Seriously what’s wrong with this guy . 030
Reposted by Mical RazMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21/03/2026It would've been reckless and inexcusable to cause generational damage by illegally defunding USAID, NIH, HHS, Dept of Edu, and so on just to reduce the deficit... ... but spending and the deficit are both higher than '22, '23, '24. It was all just harm for harm's sake. The cruelty was the point. 3426981105
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 16/03/2026On the bright side it’s a really lovely picture of you! Hope you’re thriving back home. 210
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I’m just confused how a political science researcher who writes on political violence was impacted by some alleged (nonexistent ) Biden directive to use the ye menstruating persons? What is going on .. 111
Reposted by Mical RazFive-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist @unaha-closp.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Very on-brand for Gingrich to seek out a new, younger canal the moment the current canal starts having health problems 452103531974
Reposted by Mical RazJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Beautiful statement from Ayman Odeh, Palestinian MK and head of Hadash-Taal. For those who do not read Hebrew, I will translate: 6990372
Reposted by Mical RazJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...404media.coI Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For ThemselvesThe hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE. 19158492119
Reposted by Mical RazAbu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I really think Hesgeth believed Iran would get knocked out in the first round and there was no need to plan for everything that was obviously going to happen next, Israel knew better but kept that to itself, Trump was incurious and easy to persuade, and nobody in administration dared push back. 32859184
Reposted by Mical RazJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I know it's not as important as doing pushups or forcibly shaving off beards or getting Nazi tattoos or day drinking or whatnot, but it seems to me that the DEPARTMENT OF WAR COMMITTED TO LETTING THE WARFIGHTERS FIGHT WARS REAL GOOD should know a little something about wars, like "the enemy acts." 624846
Reposted by Mical RazEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 09/03/2026this picture is a good summary of how and why January 6th was, at a fundamental level, a successful insurrection. 2758198
Reposted by Mical RazAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care. 608177224753
Reposted by Mical RazDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Me, dumb and politically correct: Firing on unarmed ships or double-tap military strikes on schools are bad things. 811654313
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026A submarine wouldn’t reveal itself … but there was also no ( obvious at least) reason to do this. 000
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I’ve been waiting for like anybody to say this. It’s an insane thing to do and devoid of any justification. 130
Reposted by Mical RazDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 03/03/2026So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for: - Who takes over; - Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation; - How to defend US bases in the region; - Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and - How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed. 600111553460
Reposted by Mical RazGershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Page 1 ad in Haaretz today: Settler pogroms against Palestinians in WBank are war crimes. Prime minister responsible for not stopping them. Orders to army officers to allow these actions are illegally & must be refused. Among those signing: Former Likud justice ministers Dan Meridor & Meir Shitreet 25227
