Senior Researcher Sandhya Kajeepeta sits down with physician Dr. Brenda Williams to talk about her work as a medical doctor, the impacts voting has on health and the power of the right to vote. Catch the exclusive interview from #JusticeAboveAll: youtube.com/watch?v=c4vrIA…

You can now watch the full interview from the season premiere of #JusticeAboveAll! Thurgood Marshall Institute researcher Sandhya Kajeepeta sits down with physician Dr. Brenda Williams to talk about her work as a medical doctor and the downstream impacts voting has on health. youtube.com/watch?v=c4vrIA…

Since #Dobbs, states with abortion bans far outpace those offering paid family leave | Opinion -- @jaquelynjahn⁩ and I argue that “state governments are sending a clear message: you don’t control your bodies, your health, or your career. We do.” inquirer.com/opinion/commen… 1/3

In advance of the 10-year anniversary of Shelby County v. Holder this Sunday, we Thurgood Marshall Institute take a look at its impact on Black political power via voter suppression tactics and redistricting: naacpldf.org/shelby-v-holde…

10 years ago, SCOTUS took its first strike at the Voting Rights Act in its Shelby County v. Holder decision, opening the floodgates for voter suppression & racial gerrymandering. On this new page, we walk through Shelby's impacts: naacpldf.org/shelby-v-holde… Legal Defense Fund Thurgood Marshall Institute

Hundreds of thousands of Americans may not be able to cast a ballot for their candidates and policies of choice, despite being legally eligible to vote, because they are detained. Our new Thurgood Marshall Institute article offers insight and solutions: tminstituteldf.org/voting-in-jail…

What becomes clearer each day is that there’s a well-coordinated and increasingly prominent effort seeking to narrowly define what it means to be an American and who gets to lay claim to Americanism... More from our latest piece: naacpldf.org/white-supremac…

Really proud of our latest episode - out today! Tune in to hear from our brilliant guests Pilar Whitaker, Dr. Joia Crear Perry Joia Crear Perry, and Dr. Regina Davis Moss Regina Davis Moss

Happy to join Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 on today's episode of Epidemic! We talked about how pandemic policing (with parallels to coercion during the smallpox eradication campaign) erodes trust in public institutions and brings us further from the goal of safeguarding public health

Listen to Sandhya Kajeepeta, Senior Researcher for Thurgood Marshall Institute, discuss her research on racialized inequities in police enforcement of COVID mandates.

Black womens’ bodily autonomy has been criminalized long before Dobbs. I spoke with Sandhya Kajeepeta for Legal Defense Fund’s podcast Justice Above All on how abortion bans will disproportionately harm Black communities. Listen here ➡️tminstituteldf.org/how-does-crimi…

The latest episode of #JusticeAboveAll comes out tomorrow morning. Join Sandhya Kajeepeta and guests as they explore the evolution of School Board elections/meetings. Available wherever you get podcasts!

TONIGHT: Rent control may come to Newburgh. Our state refused pass #GoodCause and act on the housing crisis last leg session. Now upstate tenants are taking the fight for rent regulation to the local level. Read more in City & State NY from Austin C. Jefferson. cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/12…

"Beyond Learning Loss," Thurgood Marshall Institute's latest report examines the disruption and upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and underscores the need to prioritize Black students and eliminate structural barriers to educational equity. Read the full report: naacpldf.org/covid-19-pande…

"The concerning reality is that many New York renters live in their homes at the whim of their landlords,and they can be evicted for reasons that are no fault of their own." - Dr. Sandhya Kajeepeta, Senior Researcher at Thurgood Marshall Institute testified in support of #goodcause. @housing4allNY

In our latest brief, Senior Researcher Sandhya Kajeepeta explores how state officials usurping local control, after years of neglecting Black-majority cities, threatens local Black political power. Read the full brief: tminstituteldf.org/when-the-state…

Research led by SAEPT T32 postdoc @em_bruze: “laws that criminalize or punish drug use during pregnancy are more likely to worsen rather than improve health outcomes” Reed Jackson with co-authors Melanie Askari Seth J. Prins @sethjprins.bsky.social Sandhya Kajeepeta, Lisa Bates, Marian Jarlenski & Kristen Underhill

New Columbia Epidemiology study shows an urgent need to critically re-evaluate the current police-centric response to #IPV, including the widespread use of mandatory arrest laws. Sandhya Kajeepeta Seth J. Prins @sethjprins.bsky.social ow.ly/fGrR50RizQk

ICYMI: New Columbia Epidemiology & colleagues' study shows an urgent need to critically re-evaluate the current police-centric response to #IPV, incl the widespread use of mandatory arrest laws. 👇+ Sandhya Kajeepeta Seth J. Prins @sethjprins.bsky.social Katherine M. Keyes @em_bruze Melanie Askari publichealth.columbia.edu/news/research-…

"Domestic violence survivors are often the first to be failed—and punished—by the criminal legal system." Sandhya Kajeepeta explores the evidence that domestic violence policing worsens rather than helps—yet remains popular with "tough on crime" politicians. inquest.org/more-violence-…