Cory Dodds
@corydodds.bsky.social
Assistant law professor studying food, poverty, and place. Posts/likes/etc. ≠ endorsements.
www.corydodds.com
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Mayor Linda Gorton said she hopes it will be the biggest food drive in Lexington’s history.
City leaders announce food drive to support families affected by SNAP cuts
Mayor Linda Gorton said she hopes it will be the biggest food drive in Lexington’s history.
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Mayor Linda Gorton said she hopes it will be the biggest food drive in Lexington’s history.
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Homeowners in rural McLean County in Kentucky are still recovering from April flooding. The government wants to buy them out. From WKU:
Homeowners in a rural Kentucky county are still recovering from April flooding. The government wants to buy them out.
McLean County is one of six Kentucky counties participating in a buyout program from the state and federal governments following April’s historic flooding.
www.wkyufm.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Homeowners in rural McLean County in Kentucky are still recovering from April flooding. The government wants to buy them out. From WKU:
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Student journalists in Appalachia! 🚨 PAID writing opportunity before end of the semester: 100 Days in Appalachia is assembling a series of dispatches on the biggest issues facing campuses. Pieces are short, not as heavy a lift reporting-wise. Email [email protected] & I'll share info.
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Student journalists in Appalachia! 🚨 PAID writing opportunity before end of the semester: 100 Days in Appalachia is assembling a series of dispatches on the biggest issues facing campuses. Pieces are short, not as heavy a lift reporting-wise. Email [email protected] & I'll share info.
I am grateful to be quoted in this article detailing SNAP disqualifications in Kentucky (among the highest in the U.S.). Case law (see Shahid v. DHHS) and federal regulations are clear that states must have more than transactional evidence to disqualify an individual for SNAP fraud.
After searching through court and state records, a pattern is clear. Kentucky swiftly stepped up SNAP disqualifications in 2016 and a review of several cases from 2020 onward shows a heavily reliance on suspicious shopping patterns to accuse people of selling benefits
apnews.com/article/food...
apnews.com/article/food...
Kentucky has kicked people off food benefits using data that doesn’t tell the full story
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has brought hundreds of fraud cases in the last five years that are heavily reliant on transactional data with the goal of revoking people’s federal...
apnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I am grateful to be quoted in this article detailing SNAP disqualifications in Kentucky (among the highest in the U.S.). Case law (see Shahid v. DHHS) and federal regulations are clear that states must have more than transactional evidence to disqualify an individual for SNAP fraud.
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Periodic reminder: student journalists in Appalachia, young writers in Appalachia, young folks in Appalachia who see something happening in their community they want to write about! Please pitch. (If you need pitch advice, message me! There's guidance in the link below but glad to brainstorm.)
Student & early career journalists in Appalachia, send pitches! We're looking for different kinds of stories—politics, labor, education, cultural trends, life + identity, and more! Rates start at $100 for opinion, $200-$400 for reporting & can increase based on scope. Pitch guide and form below:
A New Call for Pitches for a New Appalachian Era
We continue to tell the stories of our region, with an eye toward deeply-reported modern-day stories of Appalachia’s challenges and triumphs. And if you’re a writer or journalist in the region, we wan...
www.100daysinappalachia.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Periodic reminder: student journalists in Appalachia, young writers in Appalachia, young folks in Appalachia who see something happening in their community they want to write about! Please pitch. (If you need pitch advice, message me! There's guidance in the link below but glad to brainstorm.)
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We're hiring an Eastern Kentucky reporter at @kentucky.com!
This position will be based in EKy, and will have the freedom to cover any number of issues: the environment, the coal industry, economic challenges, the cultural landscape and so much more: mcclatchy.rec.pro.ukg.net/MCC1008MCLTC...
This position will be based in EKy, and will have the freedom to cover any number of issues: the environment, the coal industry, economic challenges, the cultural landscape and so much more: mcclatchy.rec.pro.ukg.net/MCC1008MCLTC...
mcclatchy.rec.pro.ukg.net
July 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We're hiring an Eastern Kentucky reporter at @kentucky.com!
This position will be based in EKy, and will have the freedom to cover any number of issues: the environment, the coal industry, economic challenges, the cultural landscape and so much more: mcclatchy.rec.pro.ukg.net/MCC1008MCLTC...
This position will be based in EKy, and will have the freedom to cover any number of issues: the environment, the coal industry, economic challenges, the cultural landscape and so much more: mcclatchy.rec.pro.ukg.net/MCC1008MCLTC...
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Spotted on Ned Pillersdorf's website. According to prior reporting, he recently announced his campaign for Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District.
July 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Spotted on Ned Pillersdorf's website. According to prior reporting, he recently announced his campaign for Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District.
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Inject the second paragraph of this footnote directly into my veins.
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
Howell drips with disdain for the firms who capitulated to the White House and says of those who resisted "will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
May 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Inject the second paragraph of this footnote directly into my veins.
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
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The attacks on law firms and lawyers must stop. Full stop.
On behalf of race and law centers, @seiu.org, @aftunion.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social, and several advocacy organizations, we offer our thoughts on why it must stop.
www.law.uci.edu/centers/kore...
On behalf of race and law centers, @seiu.org, @aftunion.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social, and several advocacy organizations, we offer our thoughts on why it must stop.
www.law.uci.edu/centers/kore...
April 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The attacks on law firms and lawyers must stop. Full stop.
On behalf of race and law centers, @seiu.org, @aftunion.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social, and several advocacy organizations, we offer our thoughts on why it must stop.
www.law.uci.edu/centers/kore...
On behalf of race and law centers, @seiu.org, @aftunion.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social, and several advocacy organizations, we offer our thoughts on why it must stop.
www.law.uci.edu/centers/kore...
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Many students at Southern Illinois University come from families that are poor, or barely middle class, and depend on scholarships.
Vice Chancellor Paul Frazier says the way DEI has been politicized ignores what it actually does: “Poor doesn’t have a color.”
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
Vice Chancellor Paul Frazier says the way DEI has been politicized ignores what it actually does: “Poor doesn’t have a color.”
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education
The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural…
propub.li
March 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Many students at Southern Illinois University come from families that are poor, or barely middle class, and depend on scholarships.
Vice Chancellor Paul Frazier says the way DEI has been politicized ignores what it actually does: “Poor doesn’t have a color.”
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
Vice Chancellor Paul Frazier says the way DEI has been politicized ignores what it actually does: “Poor doesn’t have a color.”
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Disabled kids from poor families already face disparities when it comes to enforcement of 504s/IEPs, as many can't afford lawyers to sue if schools fail to follow plans.
Hearing more and more today about “privatizing” aspects of the Dept of Education. Who does that hurt? Children from low income families. Who does it help? Selfish rich people who don’t want to pay in order to give kids with fewer opportunities a chance.
March 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Disabled kids from poor families already face disparities when it comes to enforcement of 504s/IEPs, as many can't afford lawyers to sue if schools fail to follow plans.
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Important piece
“attending to rural disadvantage& strengths reframes rural disparities as amenable to action instead of inevitable consequences of geography, poverty or demography. Achieving thriving rural communities requires attention to the complex forces shaping health at the geographic margins”
“attending to rural disadvantage& strengths reframes rural disparities as amenable to action instead of inevitable consequences of geography, poverty or demography. Achieving thriving rural communities requires attention to the complex forces shaping health at the geographic margins”
Reimagining Rural Health Equity: Understanding Disparities And Orienting Policy, Practice, And Research In Rural America
New Commentary with Elizabeth Carpenter-Song in the June 2024 Reimagining Public Health Issue of Health Affairs.
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
New Commentary with Elizabeth Carpenter-Song in the June 2024 Reimagining Public Health Issue of Health Affairs.
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
Reimagining Rural Health Equity: Understanding Disparities And Orienting Policy, Practice, And Research In Rural America | Health Affairs Journal
A narrative has taken hold that public health has failed the US. We argue instead that the US has chronically failed public health, and nowhere have these failures been more apparent than in rural reg...
www.healthaffairs.org
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Important piece
“attending to rural disadvantage& strengths reframes rural disparities as amenable to action instead of inevitable consequences of geography, poverty or demography. Achieving thriving rural communities requires attention to the complex forces shaping health at the geographic margins”
“attending to rural disadvantage& strengths reframes rural disparities as amenable to action instead of inevitable consequences of geography, poverty or demography. Achieving thriving rural communities requires attention to the complex forces shaping health at the geographic margins”
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The largest purchaser of wine is the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
The shelves of Kentucky whiskey, American beer and California wine are now empty.
The LCOBO was doing a brisk business - good news for Canadian, French, Spanish, Australian, Chilean.
Sucks for Kentucky and California.
The shelves of Kentucky whiskey, American beer and California wine are now empty.
The LCOBO was doing a brisk business - good news for Canadian, French, Spanish, Australian, Chilean.
Sucks for Kentucky and California.
March 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The largest purchaser of wine is the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
The shelves of Kentucky whiskey, American beer and California wine are now empty.
The LCOBO was doing a brisk business - good news for Canadian, French, Spanish, Australian, Chilean.
Sucks for Kentucky and California.
The shelves of Kentucky whiskey, American beer and California wine are now empty.
The LCOBO was doing a brisk business - good news for Canadian, French, Spanish, Australian, Chilean.
Sucks for Kentucky and California.
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People may not think of Musk's attacks on federal workers as a disability issue. But consider SSI or SSDI clients, who can already wait years on an application, or spend hours on hold trying to get questions answered.
As DOGE shuts offices and lays off workers, we can expect that to get worse.
As DOGE shuts offices and lays off workers, we can expect that to get worse.
Cutting Medicaid and federal programs are among 4 key Trump administration policy changes that could make life harder for disabled people
Tracking disability policies has long been challenging − this will become a harder task under the Trump administration.
theconversation.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
People may not think of Musk's attacks on federal workers as a disability issue. But consider SSI or SSDI clients, who can already wait years on an application, or spend hours on hold trying to get questions answered.
As DOGE shuts offices and lays off workers, we can expect that to get worse.
As DOGE shuts offices and lays off workers, we can expect that to get worse.
Just a few weeks ago, the ABA said they stood with the rule of law. What changed?
The American Bar Association will temporarily suspend enforcement of its diversity and inclusion standard for law schools reut.rs/3CZRBJA
February 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the ABA said they stood with the rule of law. What changed?
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If you:
-are a Kentuckian living in KY
-who has taken/is taking an SSRI & it's played a big role in your life (pos or neg)
-& would be willing to share that publicly
I'd love to hear from you.
My email is [email protected]
Please share.
Examples of SSRIS: www.fda.gov/drugs/inform...
-are a Kentuckian living in KY
-who has taken/is taking an SSRI & it's played a big role in your life (pos or neg)
-& would be willing to share that publicly
I'd love to hear from you.
My email is [email protected]
Please share.
Examples of SSRIS: www.fda.gov/drugs/inform...
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) Information
www.fda.gov
February 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
If you:
-are a Kentuckian living in KY
-who has taken/is taking an SSRI & it's played a big role in your life (pos or neg)
-& would be willing to share that publicly
I'd love to hear from you.
My email is [email protected]
Please share.
Examples of SSRIS: www.fda.gov/drugs/inform...
-are a Kentuckian living in KY
-who has taken/is taking an SSRI & it's played a big role in your life (pos or neg)
-& would be willing to share that publicly
I'd love to hear from you.
My email is [email protected]
Please share.
Examples of SSRIS: www.fda.gov/drugs/inform...
I really hope @andybeshearky.bsky.social reconsiders this position. I’m just a guy on the internet, but I think it’s a grave political miscalculation. If @govandybeshear.bsky.social isn’t running, then we need a known & quality candidate to win. Unfortunately, the KY Dem bench is short—too short.
One Democrat who says he won’t be running for the open Senate seat is Gov. Andy Beshear, who won a second term in office in 2023 despite Kentucky being a conservative state where Republicans typically dominate in federal and statewide elections. www.lpm.org/news/2025-02...
Mitch McConnell announces he will not run for reelection to Senate
Mitch McConnell announced his decision not to run for an eighth term to the U.S. Senate in a speech on the floor of the chamber Thursday.
www.lpm.org
February 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I really hope @andybeshearky.bsky.social reconsiders this position. I’m just a guy on the internet, but I think it’s a grave political miscalculation. If @govandybeshear.bsky.social isn’t running, then we need a known & quality candidate to win. Unfortunately, the KY Dem bench is short—too short.
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University leaders: you have access to historically large levels of expertise about law, government, and poltical affairs. It’s okay—even important—to say “This is unconstitutional.”
February 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
University leaders: you have access to historically large levels of expertise about law, government, and poltical affairs. It’s okay—even important—to say “This is unconstitutional.”
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"Necessity forces the public and those with private wealth to recognize that so long as public spending does not adequately address their basic needs, the poor have valid claims to public, as well as private, land." 🔥🔥🔥
Today, @ezrarosser.bsky.social argues that the conservative justices in Grants Pass opened the door to a new, more robust, necessity doctrine.
Taken seriously, this doctrine would destabilize the exclusionary rights of owners, and potentially generate the political will for ending homelessness.
Taken seriously, this doctrine would destabilize the exclusionary rights of owners, and potentially generate the political will for ending homelessness.
How Antipoverty Advocates Can Go On The Offensive
In the embers of the Supreme Court's disastrous Grants Pass decision, a new form of necessity doctrine offers a ray of light. If private property owners' exclusionary rights are meaningfully…
lpeproject.org
February 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"Necessity forces the public and those with private wealth to recognize that so long as public spending does not adequately address their basic needs, the poor have valid claims to public, as well as private, land." 🔥🔥🔥
It was wonderful attending the AVOL Kentucky Heartstrings breakfast in Lexington this AM and hearing from direct service providers who agree that housing is healthcare. My favorite quote: “Stop discriminating against poor people… Poor choices do not cause poverty, but poverty causes poor choices.”
February 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It was wonderful attending the AVOL Kentucky Heartstrings breakfast in Lexington this AM and hearing from direct service providers who agree that housing is healthcare. My favorite quote: “Stop discriminating against poor people… Poor choices do not cause poverty, but poverty causes poor choices.”