Mical Raz
@micalraz.bsky.social
Historian, health policy professor, internal medicine physician , mother of 5, Navy wife .
Author of Abusive Policies https://uncpress.org/9781469661216/abusive-policies/. New book on adoption and child welfare out this fall.
Author of Abusive Policies https://uncpress.org/9781469661216/abusive-policies/. New book on adoption and child welfare out this fall.
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Mical Raz
@micalraz.bsky.social
· Apr 8
Breaking Families, Making Families
Families in the United States experience child abuse investigations, the removal of children from their homes, and the termination of parental rights at high...
uncpress.org
New book will be out in September , but the cover and webpage makes it feel real !
In 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?
August 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM
In 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?
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NEW: 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/
So we did.
Court filings let us ID 11.
At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities.
1/
Meet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission - Public Citizen
Introduction On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new…
www.citizen.org
August 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
NEW: 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/
So we did.
Court filings let us ID 11.
At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities.
1/
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The 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.
www.stlpr.org
July 27, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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Ten 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.
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.
Trump: "We will pass the great healthcare plan. It's called our great healthcare plan. That's the name of it."
July 24, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Ten 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.
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.
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Netanyahu 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.
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Netanyahu 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.
New 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...
www.nysun.com/article/butt...
July 4, 2026 at 3:54 PM
New 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...
www.nysun.com/article/butt...
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New book will be out in September , but the cover and webpage makes it feel real !
Breaking Families, Making Families
Families in the United States experience child abuse investigations, the removal of children from their homes, and the termination of parental rights at high...
uncpress.org
April 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
New book will be out in September , but the cover and webpage makes it feel real !
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Happy 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...
Anti-vaxxers are coupling up on apps for ‘Unjected’ singles
Dating apps are pairing unvaccinated people across the country — and in some cases hosting controversial in-person events.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Happy 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...
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Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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We 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
See attached flyer for details!
#histmed #fellowship
June 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
We 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
See attached flyer for details!
#histmed #fellowship
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Chaotic, 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.social
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.social
Efforts to Contain Ebola May Have Been Hindered by Lack of U.S. Involvement
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Chaotic, 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.social
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.social
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Class 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.
What is it about oyster farming in the American imagination that makes a privately educated small businessman “working class”?
May 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Class 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.
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why read for pleasure when you can scroll for misery
May 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
why read for pleasure when you can scroll for misery
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Very 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.
April 28, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Very 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.
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I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals
So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out
April 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals
New book will be out in September , but the cover and webpage makes it feel real !
Breaking Families, Making Families
Families in the United States experience child abuse investigations, the removal of children from their homes, and the termination of parental rights at high...
uncpress.org
April 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
New book will be out in September , but the cover and webpage makes it feel real !
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Anyone watching that speech has no idea whether Trump is escalating or deescalating the war with Iran. But to be fair, neither does he so🤷♂️.
April 2, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Anyone watching that speech has no idea whether Trump is escalating or deescalating the war with Iran. But to be fair, neither does he so🤷♂️.
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If 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...
“Medicaid in a Post-Big Beautiful Bill World”: A Conversation with Jamila Michener & Miranda Yaver | Department of Political Science
APEX SPECIAL EVENT
politicalscience.yale.edu
March 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
If 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...
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Graham 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
March 25, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Graham 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
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It 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.
... 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.
March 21, 2026 at 11:56 AM
It 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.
... 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.
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Very on-brand for Gingrich to seek out a new, younger canal the moment the current canal starts having health problems
Everyone has lost their mind because they know this was all a terrible idea but can’t say that out loud
March 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Very on-brand for Gingrich to seek out a new, younger canal the moment the current canal starts having health problems
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Beautiful statement from Ayman Odeh, Palestinian MK and head of Hadash-Taal. For those who do not read Hebrew, I will translate:
March 15, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Beautiful statement from Ayman Odeh, Palestinian MK and head of Hadash-Taal. For those who do not read Hebrew, I will translate:
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I 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-...
I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves
The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.
www.404media.co
March 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I 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-...
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I 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.
March 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I 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.
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I 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."
March 11, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I 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."