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When the Market Became the Floor

Redistributed Vulnerability and the Unmaking of the Social Contract For much of the twentieth century, the United States at least partially acknowledged a basic political reality: some parts of human life cannot safely

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When the Form Becomes the Filter

How prior authorization rations care without denying it Managed care plans are quietly restructuring access to medication. Coverage is not being reduced. Eligibility is not being narrowed. The medications remain on the formulary.

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The Clock Is Not Neutral: How Institutional Time Produces Disability Exclusion

You are approved for disability benefits. The federal government has determined, by its own standards, that you cannot work. Benefits begin five months after your disability onset date—a date the government also

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The Able Body: How a Policy Category Produces What It Claims to Describe

On March 1, 2026, New York State will begin enforcing new work requirements for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The flyer from the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance announces this

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Sick Enough: The Burden of Synthesis

By Kayla Beaudoin There is a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn't show up on lab work. It lives in the draft folder: the email you've rewritten seventeen times,

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Beyond DEI: Normalcy, Power, and Why Inclusion Didn’t Change the Structure

In the past year, many institutions have quietly restructured their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Offices have been renamed. Programs have been folded into human resources or “community engagement.” In some places, DEI

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