Lauren Rivera
@larivera.bsky.social
Sociologist at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management studying gatekeeping and inequalities in organizations. Author of Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs.
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Lauren Rivera
@larivera.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
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Snowed in? As long as you've still got power or cell service, it's a great time to send some emails or make some calls.
![Script from 5calls:
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
[IF CALLING SENATE]: I’m calling to ask that [REP/SEN NAME] push to defund ICE by opposing any appropriations bill that maintains ICE funding and supporting legislation that claws back the $75 billion ICE slush fund created by H.R. 1 last year. This lawless agency is violently attacking and killing immigrants and citizens around the country and must be defunded and dissolved for good.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
IF LEAVING VOICEMAIL: Please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dtgy62tymnpbnzozbpgnov56/bafkreiduroytj3ttr4lttng3fl3pm4qyyiearkvbk24ybtbq22bdyxgxly@jpeg)
January 25, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Snowed in? As long as you've still got power or cell service, it's a great time to send some emails or make some calls.
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They're chipping away at voting rights-- this time, by going after people who procrastinate when voting by mail.
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
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December 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
They're chipping away at voting rights-- this time, by going after people who procrastinate when voting by mail.
If you are looking to include sociological work on disability discrimination in education, linking two papers (one looking at elite private schools, the other public schools):
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December 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If you are looking to include sociological work on disability discrimination in education, linking two papers (one looking at elite private schools, the other public schools):
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
My 10 YO loudly boos them Princess-Bride-style here in Chicago
December 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
My 10 YO loudly boos them Princess-Bride-style here in Chicago
Wait, aren't we already there yet? ;-)
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Wait, aren't we already there yet? ;-)
Thank you for speaking up, Dr. Gunter. I have a medically complex child; RSV is the #1 virus that wrecks havoc on our kiddos in childhood, resulting in prolonged hospital stays and even death. These therapies are literal lifelines for young children, and it is unconscionable to remove access.
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Thank you for speaking up, Dr. Gunter. I have a medically complex child; RSV is the #1 virus that wrecks havoc on our kiddos in childhood, resulting in prolonged hospital stays and even death. These therapies are literal lifelines for young children, and it is unconscionable to remove access.
Hmmm... many of these are related service providers who provide dedicated minutes to children with IEPs in public schools under the IDEA. What is the implication for special education and educational access for children with disabilities, under an already gutted IDEA compliance regime?
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Hmmm... many of these are related service providers who provide dedicated minutes to children with IEPs in public schools under the IDEA. What is the implication for special education and educational access for children with disabilities, under an already gutted IDEA compliance regime?
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
My partner's employer added a $90/mo employed spouse penalty (on top of another $200/mo hike) for employees with working spouses who enroll in his (rather than spouse's) plan. It penalizes dual career couples and those with preexisting conditions who need decent coverage. It is a healthcare company.
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My partner's employer added a $90/mo employed spouse penalty (on top of another $200/mo hike) for employees with working spouses who enroll in his (rather than spouse's) plan. It penalizes dual career couples and those with preexisting conditions who need decent coverage. It is a healthcare company.
Thank you for the shoutout, Jen!
May 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thank you for the shoutout, Jen!
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If you haven't read Estela Diaz and Lauren Rivera's excellent paper on how private schools manage kids with disabilities, you're missing out.
100 percent. And they explicitly exclude children they believe are neurodivergent or have any type of disability.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you haven't read Estela Diaz and Lauren Rivera's excellent paper on how private schools manage kids with disabilities, you're missing out.
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LMM framing is that parents will choose schools for their children. That is absolutely false. Private schools will choose their kids, based on criteria that would mangle your brain.
Trust me, I've read hundreds of private school applications. Mind blowing stuff.
Trust me, I've read hundreds of private school applications. Mind blowing stuff.
May 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
LMM framing is that parents will choose schools for their children. That is absolutely false. Private schools will choose their kids, based on criteria that would mangle your brain.
Trust me, I've read hundreds of private school applications. Mind blowing stuff.
Trust me, I've read hundreds of private school applications. Mind blowing stuff.
100 percent. And they explicitly exclude children they believe are neurodivergent or have any type of disability.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
100 percent. And they explicitly exclude children they believe are neurodivergent or have any type of disability.
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The monitor or the espresso? ;-)
May 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The monitor or the espresso? ;-)
And private schools can (and do) refuse to educated disabled or neurodivergent children
May 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
And private schools can (and do) refuse to educated disabled or neurodivergent children
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Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
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This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, *and* a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH.
Pass it on!
Pass it on!
April 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, *and* a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH.
Pass it on!
Pass it on!
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Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.
April 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.
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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Sharing an ungated version of a paper I recently published on private school early childhood admissions urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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April 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sharing an ungated version of a paper I recently published on private school early childhood admissions urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Thank you so much for the shoutout @katemcnamara.bsky.social!
April 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Thank you so much for the shoutout @katemcnamara.bsky.social!
Congratulations! Looking forward to reading!!
March 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Congratulations! Looking forward to reading!!
While elite private schools do not (yet) require biomedical specimens as part of their assessments, their early childhood admissions practices—which essentialize merit and present some children’s bodies and minds as more or less intrinsically wired for success—share some concerning similarities.
March 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
While elite private schools do not (yet) require biomedical specimens as part of their assessments, their early childhood admissions practices—which essentialize merit and present some children’s bodies and minds as more or less intrinsically wired for success—share some concerning similarities.