Laura Mauldin
@lauramauldin.bsky.social
Authors IN SICKNESS & IN HEALTH Feb 2026; ‘24 New America Fellow; NYC-based Prof @uconn ; ✍️ in @LAReviewofBooks @thebafflermag etc; Rep @McKinnonLit, ASL interp 🏳️🌈 LauraMauldin.com
My book on this urgent topic IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH will be out 2/10/26— PREORDER if you want to really dive into the stories, the reasons why we do things this way & what we have to do within ourselves & for each other to change things. www.harpercollins.com/products/in-...
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My book on this urgent topic IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH will be out 2/10/26— PREORDER if you want to really dive into the stories, the reasons why we do things this way & what we have to do within ourselves & for each other to change things. www.harpercollins.com/products/in-...
PIE CRUST IS MY NEMESIS. That is all.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
PIE CRUST IS MY NEMESIS. That is all.
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Canal St raid happening now - Canal & Lafayette
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Canal St raid happening now - Canal & Lafayette
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Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
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Yes. This is another reason why public funding is what we want - why the government should support science with democratic mechanisms of oversight.
Public support means not having to beg toxic billionaires for money.
Public support means not having to beg toxic billionaires for money.
the professors in the emails being all chummy with epstein is pathetic and enraging.
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Can’t believe my friend is gone. I am stunned and despondent. Tell your friends you love them.
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Can’t believe my friend is gone. I am stunned and despondent. Tell your friends you love them.
My friend Alice @sfdirewolf.bsky.social died & I am gutted. Just a few days ago we were making plans to do an event in SF together. I’m too upset to say anything eloquent here, but she was my friend. I hope wherever she is, she still knows that love from me & so so many more than she could imagine.
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
My friend Alice @sfdirewolf.bsky.social died & I am gutted. Just a few days ago we were making plans to do an event in SF together. I’m too upset to say anything eloquent here, but she was my friend. I hope wherever she is, she still knows that love from me & so so many more than she could imagine.
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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Conservatives claim that structural racism does not exist while simultaneously creating innovative new forms of structural racism like banning discussions of the concept.
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Conservatives claim that structural racism does not exist while simultaneously creating innovative new forms of structural racism like banning discussions of the concept.
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
Did you know November is National Family Caregivers Month? Did you know there are 63 MILLION family caregivers in the US? I made the website, Disability at Home, to chronicle the ingenious hacks that caregivers and disabled folks create to make life work -- check it out!
www.disabilityathome.org
www.disabilityathome.org
Disability At Home
Visit the post for more.
www.disabilityathome.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Did you know November is National Family Caregivers Month? Did you know there are 63 MILLION family caregivers in the US? I made the website, Disability at Home, to chronicle the ingenious hacks that caregivers and disabled folks create to make life work -- check it out!
www.disabilityathome.org
www.disabilityathome.org
Did you know I wrote a book?! Advanced copies are out and blurbs are in— coming your way Feb 10, 2026. And of course the very best thing to do is preorder your hardcover copy or audiobook! www.harpercollins.com/products/in-...
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Did you know I wrote a book?! Advanced copies are out and blurbs are in— coming your way Feb 10, 2026. And of course the very best thing to do is preorder your hardcover copy or audiobook! www.harpercollins.com/products/in-...
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INVESTIGATION: For months, I've looked into New Hampshire's disability care system. I found a system unwilling or unable to protect those in its care from horrific abuse and neglect. Read the stories of those harmed in Part I of "A System of Harm" at @NewHampshireBulletin.com: buff.ly/qCSXfws
A series of tragedies exposes patterns of abuse and neglect in New Hampshire’s disability system • New Hampshire Bulletin
A video recorded at a Dunbarton care home for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in February 2019 captured caretakers pinning Lucas Houle to the ground and slapping him…
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
INVESTIGATION: For months, I've looked into New Hampshire's disability care system. I found a system unwilling or unable to protect those in its care from horrific abuse and neglect. Read the stories of those harmed in Part I of "A System of Harm" at @NewHampshireBulletin.com: buff.ly/qCSXfws
It is all eugenics, all the time.
This end game for millions of Americans without healthcare? What is it? Just a bunch of us sick & dying?
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It is all eugenics, all the time.
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This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
THIS IS SO GOOD
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“The ripple effect on families, children, and communities is going to be enormous.”
Domestic workers count on SNAP. Trump's shutdown is hitting hard.
Domestic workers count on SNAP. Trump's shutdown is hitting hard.
Domestic workers count on SNAP. Trump's shutdown is hitting hard.
Cleaners, nannies, and home health aides work full-time—and still disproportionately rely on food stamps.
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“The ripple effect on families, children, and communities is going to be enormous.”
Domestic workers count on SNAP. Trump's shutdown is hitting hard.
Domestic workers count on SNAP. Trump's shutdown is hitting hard.
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The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump. n.pr/43W4f6r
Judge orders White House to use American Sign Language interpreters at briefings
The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump. n.pr/43W4f6r
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Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
What I ❤️ abt Mamdani’s “turn the volume up” line is it is both a diss AND a call to action for the rest of us. Like keep talking abt how unacceptable it is to be hateful, keep advocating for collective care, keep connecting w yr neighbors & communities, keep calling for change, turn the volume up!
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What I ❤️ abt Mamdani’s “turn the volume up” line is it is both a diss AND a call to action for the rest of us. Like keep talking abt how unacceptable it is to be hateful, keep advocating for collective care, keep connecting w yr neighbors & communities, keep calling for change, turn the volume up!
Getting nasty emails abt the piece I wrote for @thenewrepublic.bsky.social . One said, “Well why should we listen to YOU? You’re not a climate expert.” True, but I AM an expert who studies power, how it works, who wields it & who gets destroyed by it.
"Reporting the thoughts of a billionaire as news is as grotesque as the amount of wealth they’ve been allowed to accumulate." I had a lot of fun writing this for @thenewrepublic.bsky.social -- seeing Gates' thoughts on climate change reported yesterday made me cranky
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Getting nasty emails abt the piece I wrote for @thenewrepublic.bsky.social . One said, “Well why should we listen to YOU? You’re not a climate expert.” True, but I AM an expert who studies power, how it works, who wields it & who gets destroyed by it.
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You know upper admin is really getting ready to fuck you over when they start talking about the need for faculty to be "flexible."
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
You know upper admin is really getting ready to fuck you over when they start talking about the need for faculty to be "flexible."