Dr. Monica J. Casper

Tonight’s state of the union.

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

This specific apparent document cover up has been reported over days in multiple posts by independent reporter Sollenberger (sollenbergerrc.substack.com). What is very important NOW is that it broke into the mainstream in a top story by NPR.
@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Rewriting women's health: a content analysis of the Trump administration's revisions to womenshealth.gov - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@mjcasper.bsky.social and I published this in The Hill in September before the Epstein Files Transparency Act and it is still true, still pressing?

"To date, the government’s response to the Epstein survivors has been one of massive institutional betrayal."

thehill.com/opinion/whit...

AAUP | “Viewpoint diversity” isn’t about viewpoint diversity History professor Jessica Riskin argues that "viewpoint diversity" is a false pretense for legitimizing extremist views and minimizing productive discourse.

Exactly.

Why does this need to be said again?

Before this is taken down, screenshot it and download the file. Here’s the link to the unredacted version. Read page 16.

Best of SAPIENS 2025 In SAPIENS' final year of publishing new stories, the magazine honors the best contributions that brought anthropology to readers worldwide.

I'm so very pleased by this "best of 2025" honor.
Thank you, @sapiens.org, for all you have done.
I wish you were sticking around, as we need public scholarship now more than ever.
But your archive lives on, and I hope it will be a resource for many years to come.

Thank you, Sage!

14,445 and Counting - The Atavist Magazine Inside a Texas nurse’s quest to document the life and death of every woman killed by a man in America.

Dawn Wilcox cares about the women who are murdered by their "loved ones." She created Women Count USA and has been quietly keeping track of chronic femicide. Her database is better than the government's. In a world that seems not to care about women, we need this resource more than ever. #EndGBV

Did Women Ruin the Workplace? No. The Boys’ Club Did. The real threat to the workplace isn’t women—it’s the panic that comes when power gets shared. Here’s what The New York Times got dead wrong. Once again, mainstream media can’t stand it when women cal...

Every word.

With the House returning, Adelita Grijalva will have to be sworn in, potentially resulting in the release the Epstein files.

In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:

"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"

thehill.com/opinion/whit...

The word of the day is Ca-Bitch-U-Lation.
In which some folks capitulated, full stop.
And I'm bitchy about it.

Time to swear in Adelita Grijalva, let her cast the final vote to release the Epstein files!

Banning Abortion Is a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes From the Soviet Union to El Salvador, authoritarian governments have, historically, targeted reproductive rights. Now, it’s happening in the U.S.

It is worth noting here, as argued in my book BABYLOST (Rutgers U Press, 2022), that limiting access to abortion increases maternal and infant mortality rates. Banning abortion is not about saving lives; it is about control, surveillance, and punishment.

#abortion #reproduction #fascism

Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors The administration has slashed funding and wants to implement ideological conditions on grants for programs that both support survivors and prevent these crimes in the first place.

Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors newrepublic.com/article/1992... via @newrepublic.com

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

To be clear, the flight wasn't canceled - just Bray's reservations. This, like so many things, is unacceptable.

#fascism #authoritarianism #freespeech #academicfreedom #history

Safe Leave: How Employers Can Help Survivors in the Emerald City and Beyond By Monica J. Casper and Matthew Melendez

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month - though every month should be dedicated to ending violence & supporting survivors, given how little we have moved the bar. Resharing an op-ed from last year focused on how workplaces can help.

#DVawareness #Gbv #survivors #workplace

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries

Many of us already live this way, and it can be done. We must first fix inequities in the food system, along with other gross inequities. And people must be persuaded to live their lives such that those who come later can also have sustainable lives.

#food #diet #sustainability #climate

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

I rang the bell today, signaling the end of my radiation treatment for breast cancer. Grateful for science and medicine that, while imperfect, nonetheless is lifesaving. As always, interested in questions of who gets to live and whose deaths are speeded.

#cancer #science #healthcare #survivor

Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism. In her new book, an expert on violent extremism lays out evidence that gender-based bigotry fuels hate — so national security officials need to do something about it.

"Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism." 19thnews.org/2025/09/how-... via @19thnews.org

"To date, the government’s response to the Epstein survivors has been one of massive institutional betrayal."

From new op-ed published in The Hill written by me and @mjcasper.bsky.social

"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"

thehill.com/opinion/whit...

thehill.com/opinion/whit...

New op-ed:

"We also know that when survivors are not respected, and are castigated for sharing their truths, their healing is delayed, and further harm is perpetrated."

@jjfreyd.bsky.social

#epsteinfiles #survivors #accountability #violence #gbv #institutionalbetrayal #institutionalcourage

Bioethics - forged in the post-Nazi era - is woefully underprepared for our current moment. Until bioethicists take systemic injustices and inequality more seriously, bioethics will remain a small bandaid on a gaping wound.

#bioethics #inequality #health #science #medicine

Don't be fooled: Trump's D.C. takeover is about race Black people have been Trump’s target for his entire adult life.

"Black people have been Trump’s target for his entire adult life. This is a man whose first appearance in the New York Times was for denying apartments to Black applicants. But his racial animus makes him very much a product of the country he was born in; the historical rule, not an exception."

Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn’t be allowed to vote Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’

Repost if you think Hegseth shouldn't be allowed to vote.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months

I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

@jjfreyd.bsky.social - your work continues to inspire!