Melanie Nadon

We live in a country where the government honors insurrectionists who sacked the Capitol, and defines peaceful protest, even before it occurs, to be terrorism.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.

Thanks for the shout out, SSR!!

Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday

"Street-level disparities: How place shapes the process of frontline child welfare investigations" -- new research by Melanie Nadon @mnadon.bsky.social -- www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...

Thanks for sharing, James!!

Street-Level Disparities: How Place Shapes the Process of Frontline Child Welfare Investigations | Social Service Review Abstract Street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) define policy implementation and outcomes through their direct interactions with clients and their discretionary decision-making. SLB choices, though generally...

I am thrilled to share my 1st peer reviewed dissertation article! I use qualitative data to explore the decision-making of frontline child welfare workers in urban, suburban, & rural areas. I find that place both directly & indirectly shapes worker choices. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

How to Fight the Broligarchy The tech overlords want to trap us. Escaping is how we fight back.

substack.com/inbox/post/1...

This should terrify and enrage you.

Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.

A protester with a taco-shaped sign that says "You suck! Pendejo"

Protesters holding signs. One says "If you aren't resisting you are assisting."

A protest crowd in Chicago's Daley Plaza.

Chicago's #NoKings protest today. Massive crowd, peaceful and powerful despite what the media will probably say. #Chicago #dumptrump

🇺🇸✊️ #nokings #nokingsday #resist #june14 #Chicago #50501chicago

Poverty, Neglect, and Finding the Right Answers It’s time for policymakers, advocates, clinicians and researchers to recognize the broad role that poverty plays in neglect.

New #childwelfare op-ed: imprintnews.org/opinion/pove...

"Some have expressed concerns that families involved in the child welfare system will spend money recklessly... This is an old stereotype, and one that smacks of the myth of the welfare queen."

MAGAs ban Affirmative Action, ban foreign students from Harvard, yet embrace Legacy admissions, which is how 43% of white students are admitted—3/4 of whom don't qualify on merit

Banning qualified BIPOC & foreign students but accepting unqualified white students isnt meritocracy—its white supremacy

this utterly clueless clown lecturing other people to “get your act together” lol

Trump Kills “DEI” Program Stopping Human Waste From Flooding in Homes How in the world is this DEI?

Trump shut down a Biden-era program to end sewage backups into Alabama homes, labeling the infrastructure “illegal DEI.”

The White House also moved to end environmental justice in the EPA, which would hurt similar communities nationwide—the majority of which are where Trump supporters live.

Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants

the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever

they aren’t going into universities’ endowments

they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research

Please share! A U.S. born citizen has been arrested in Florida and placed in an ICE hold!! They want to transfer him to immigration detention DESPITE acknowledgment he is a citizen. This is happening in Leon County and we were at his hearing earlier this morning.

took a few days off for my brain and one pretty alarming observation i have is just how easy it is to not hear about the bad stuff that is happening if you don't explicitly dip into specific information streams (not a new problem but feels orders of magnitude more siloed than even 2-3 years ago)

There is, unfortunately, nothing more on brand for the Trump administration than canceling grants designed to combat violence against women.

trump is engaged in an open war against women who report domestic violence and assault and the media just don't consider it newsworthy. non profits that work on this are getting defunded left and right. the final nail in the coffin will be defunding legal services corp.

We fired a bunch of park rangers and cancer researchers to build concentration camps.

We're at "Richard Nixon was too woke"

Trump Signs Order in Attempt to Vastly Reshape U.S. Elections Read more here.

Lost amidst the chaos of Signalgate is this...

"'[I]t appears as though this is another one of the administration’s building blocks in an attempt to avoid having to face the voters in 2026'..."

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs Exclusive: Palestinian activist and green card holder speaks out from Louisiana detention for first time

Mahmoud Khalil released his first statement since he was unlawfully detained by ICE for his activism in support of Palestinian rights, and it's a must-read.

Tell Your Representative: Vote NO on the SAVE Act! The SAVE Act is a direct attack on voting rights, and we must stop it from passing!

Called the capitol switchboard to tell my rep to oppose the #SAVEAct. A human answered the switchboard call and I was so taken aback I had to pause for a second...

ANYWAY, contact your reps and tell them no SAVE Act (HR 22). Link courtest of @aclu.org or call 202-224-3121 act.aclu.org/a/save-act

The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Has Become All About Elon Musk The richest man in the world is the biggest spender on behalf of a right-wing effort to take control of a state Supreme Court.

Elon Musk has already poured $12+ million into an effort to shift control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to right-wing judicial activists.

This is an unprecedented effort to seize control of a powerful state court. And it won’t be the last.

Here’s the full story:

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Up to 25% of NIH expert staff may be cut, I want ti be sure it’s clear that they are just as essential to ensuring scientific integrity at NIH as are outside scientists. Layoffs that large will decimate the agency. These folks are extraordinarily good at their jobs www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n...

Just in case we need some reminders today about what a certain Department does, including supporting the 90% of children in k-12 schools and those in higher ed, my colleague @dskamper.bsky.social and I wrote up some thoughts.
(Links in the replies)

You know people are furious when they show up at an 8am protest at @schumer.senate.gov house.

Chuck you are betraying us. It’s not too late to change your mind and actually fight back!

@indivisible.org @socialists.nyc @riseandresist.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social