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Trapped: How Asset Restrictions Impact Supplemental Security Income Eligibility And Impoverish Individuals With Disabilities, Jaclyne Berger Apr 2026

Trapped: How Asset Restrictions Impact Supplemental Security Income Eligibility And Impoverish Individuals With Disabilities, Jaclyne Berger

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

For almost forty years, Congress and the SSA have failed to update the asset limit for SSI eligibility despite the punitive nature of it toward individuals with disabilities who wish to attain financial security. This Note argues that this failure forces individuals with disabilities to choose between financial stability and the Medicaid coverage that they need, contributing to a vicious cycle of poverty. By exploring current eligibility requirements, legislative gaps, and inadequacies of current savings options for individuals with disabilities, this Note makes the case for updating the current requirements and increasing access and accountability of ABLE accounts. These changes …

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It's Magic?: Ozempic, Addiction Treatment, And The Law, Amandeep S. Grewal Apr 2026

It's Magic?: Ozempic, Addiction Treatment, And The Law, Amandeep S. Grewal

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The world may finally have a cure for drug addiction: Ozempic. That drug, popularly used for weight loss treatment, has spawned miracles for many patients. Their cravings for alcohol, opioids, nicotine and other addictive substances have disappeared along with their waistlines. But the legal system might not be ready to handle Ozempic. Some laws and policies discourage medication-assisted addiction treatment, especially in drug court systems. Drug court participants often face pressure to achieve sobriety through Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs, rather than with medical assistance. Legal scholars and harm reduction advocates probably go too far in the other direction. …

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Abortion Bites Back: An Analysis Of Direct Democracy Efforts In A Post Dobbs-Era, Kathleen Darcy, Pamela Aronson, Lisa Martin, Sarah Chaban Apr 2026

Abortion Bites Back: An Analysis Of Direct Democracy Efforts In A Post Dobbs-Era, Kathleen Darcy, Pamela Aronson, Lisa Martin, Sarah Chaban

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The legal landscape surrounding reproductive rights is in flux, and direct democracy is a method by which increasingly informed and connected citizen voters are able to skirt perceived slowmoving or biased legislatures. Myriad factors shape state-level referendums, including social movements that intersect with gender ideology to challenge or defend existing arrangements. Yet, we know little about referendum rhetorical framing as tied to successes or failures in this pivotal post-Dobbs era. We use a content analysis to look at the rhetoric in state-level ballot proposals on reproductive freedom that were put in front of voters after the Dobbs decision (2022–2024). We …

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Stop Preventing Prevention: Securing Minors' Access To Hiv Care, Sarah Steadman Apr 2026

Stop Preventing Prevention: Securing Minors' Access To Hiv Care, Sarah Steadman

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

A troubling state legislative trend is emerging, marked by regressive restrictions on minors’ sexual health care autonomy, which increases their risk of HIV infection. This trend aligns with the current political hostility towards access to reproductive health care, including minors’ access to contraceptives. Access to HIV preventive care may become collateral damage as politicized parental control legislation aims to roll back established norms that recognized the public health imperative of allowing minorsto independently consent to sexual health care, including HIV testing and treatment, thereby encouraging their uptake. This backsliding is occurring as rates of HIV infection among youth are unacceptably …

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In Memoriam- Dr. Ronald G. Downey, Diedre Terlep Dds Apr 2026

In Memoriam- Dr. Ronald G. Downey, Diedre Terlep Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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Like No Other Abingdon Residency Program Revamps Mom, Tackles Access, Richard F. Roadcap Dds Apr 2026

Like No Other Abingdon Residency Program Revamps Mom, Tackles Access, Richard F. Roadcap Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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Smile Sustainers Circle Makes A Difference, Robbie Schureman Apr 2026

Smile Sustainers Circle Makes A Difference, Robbie Schureman

Virginia Dental Journal

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2021 Issues That Could Affect Your Practice, Bruce Hutchison Dds Apr 2026

2021 Issues That Could Affect Your Practice, Bruce Hutchison Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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Ethics In The Era Of Covid-19, A. Garrett Gouldin Dds Apr 2026

Ethics In The Era Of Covid-19, A. Garrett Gouldin Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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Virginia Board Of Dentistry Notes December 11, 2020, Ursula Klostermyer Dds, Phd Apr 2026

Virginia Board Of Dentistry Notes December 11, 2020, Ursula Klostermyer Dds, Phd

Virginia Dental Journal

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Expanding The Dental Workforce, Misty L. Mesimer Rdh Apr 2026

Expanding The Dental Workforce, Misty L. Mesimer Rdh

Virginia Dental Journal

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Through The Looking Glass, Sarah Glass Dds Apr 2026

Through The Looking Glass, Sarah Glass Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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Are Your Practice’S Social Media Accounts Secure, Sean Ryan Apr 2026

Are Your Practice’S Social Media Accounts Secure, Sean Ryan

Virginia Dental Journal

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The Response Of Dental Practices In Virginia To Covid-19, Caroline Carrico Phd, Kaavya Shetty, Frank Iuorno, Jr. Dds, Tegwymn H. Brickhouse Dds Apr 2026

The Response Of Dental Practices In Virginia To Covid-19, Caroline Carrico Phd, Kaavya Shetty, Frank Iuorno, Jr. Dds, Tegwymn H. Brickhouse Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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The Essentials, Ryan Dunn Apr 2026

The Essentials, Ryan Dunn

Virginia Dental Journal

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At The Intersection Of Medicine And Dentistry- How Vcu Redefines The Comprehensive Care Model, Vanessa Sturz Dds Apr 2026

At The Intersection Of Medicine And Dentistry- How Vcu Redefines The Comprehensive Care Model, Vanessa Sturz Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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Why Be An Ada Member, Gary D. Oyster Dds Apr 2026

Why Be An Ada Member, Gary D. Oyster Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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A Blessing In Disguise, Marvin E. Pizer Dds, Ms, Ma, Ficd Apr 2026

A Blessing In Disguise, Marvin E. Pizer Dds, Ms, Ma, Ficd

Virginia Dental Journal

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Elephants Fighting, Richard F. Roadcap Dds Apr 2026

Elephants Fighting, Richard F. Roadcap Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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Va Dent J January, February And March 2021 Apr 2026

Va Dent J January, February And March 2021

Virginia Dental Journal

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Hybrid Governance A Proposed Model Of Communication For The Vda, Frank Iuorno, Jr. Dds Apr 2026

Hybrid Governance A Proposed Model Of Communication For The Vda, Frank Iuorno, Jr. Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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Governing Addiction: An Anthropological Comparison Of Care In The United States And The Netherlands, Kiren K. Bagga Apr 2026

Governing Addiction: An Anthropological Comparison Of Care In The United States And The Netherlands, Kiren K. Bagga

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

This article examines addiction care as a form of moral governance through a comparative anthropological analysis of the United States and the Netherlands. Drawing on a Foucauldian theory of biopolitics alongside this study argues that approaches to addiction treatment reveal how states differentially value life, citizenship, and vulnerability. Joan Tronto's relational definition of ethical care is used to move beyond a solely moral context, towards an ethical understanding of both caretakers and those who require care. In the United States, addiction policy has historically functioned as a punitive and moralizing project, shaped by racialized drug criminalization, neoliberal ideals of individual …

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Exploring Health Policy As A Critical Mechanism Of Expression Of Right-Wing Government Policy, Aleisha Martinez Sandoval Apr 2026

Exploring Health Policy As A Critical Mechanism Of Expression Of Right-Wing Government Policy, Aleisha Martinez Sandoval

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

Global health policy has long been viewed as a “softer” arena of politics, driven by cooperation rather than competition. Unlike economics or defense, nations in this sphere have often set aside ideological differences to improve human well-being. Yet right-wing governments (RWGs) are increasingly redefining this space, transforming it from an international project of solidarity into a strategic platform for advancing core ideological commitments. In this thesis, I examine how healthcare has become a critical site where the foundational tenets of RWGs—hierarchy, tradition, market liberalism, sovereignty, law and order, and populist nativism—are vividly enacted and reinforced. What was once a domain …

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Executive Retrenchment: An Exploration Of Gender Identity Policy In The Second Trump Administration, Robert H. Cropp Apr 2026

Executive Retrenchment: An Exploration Of Gender Identity Policy In The Second Trump Administration, Robert H. Cropp

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

President Trump’s use of executive orders to influence federal policy regarding gender identity has primarily sought to undo existing rights and protections of transgender and gender non-conforming Americans put in place by previous Democratic administrations. These policies have been variably successful in their aims despite widespread resistance from interests supporting those existing policies. Scholars have discussed the role of institutional resistance in cases of policy retrenchment primarily through electoral mechanisms, but such discussions do not consider the role of the executive branch in policy retrenchment and its unique insulation from electoral feedback. This thesis centers those considerations in the case …

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Female Genital Cutting In American Foreign Policy – Proposal For Harm Reduction, Charlotte Racine Apr 2026

Female Genital Cutting In American Foreign Policy – Proposal For Harm Reduction, Charlotte Racine

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation (FGC/M) has gained international attention as an issue of human rights and violence against women and girls. The United States, as a leading world power, has openly opposed its practice and actively condemns it in communities and countries of the Global South, yet it fails to oppose or condemn as staunchly identical procedures within its borders. The simultaneous condemnation of FGC when it occurs in “undeveloped” countries and acceptance of American procedures like cosmetic genital modification surgeries, male circumcision, and “corrective” surgeries on intersex infants produces a narrative of cultural superiority and imperialism that harms the international …

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Money And State Politics: State Legislature Partisan Dynamics And Ideology Outcomes Following Citizens United V. Fec, Jillian E. Pastore Apr 2026

Money And State Politics: State Legislature Partisan Dynamics And Ideology Outcomes Following Citizens United V. Fec, Jillian E. Pastore

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

What effect has Citizens United v. FEC had on state-level partisanship and the policy outcomes that follow from it? Scholarship on the influence of corporate and union spending in political campaigns has largely centered on federal elections. In this paper, I extend the analysis to the state level, leveraging the fact that Citizens United created a natural experiment across the states. Prior to the Supreme Court ruling, roughly half of the states prohibited corporate and union independent expenditures in state elections (including for governor, state senate, state house, and state supreme court races). The Citizens United decision effectively nullified these …

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Prosecutorial Discretion: The Effect Of Social Dominance Orientation (Sdo) And Right-Wing Authoritarianism (Rwa) On Understanding And Support Among Americans, Jamie Shelton Apr 2026

Prosecutorial Discretion: The Effect Of Social Dominance Orientation (Sdo) And Right-Wing Authoritarianism (Rwa) On Understanding And Support Among Americans, Jamie Shelton

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

The U.S. prison system is plagued by an overrepresentation of the country’s residents, at twenty percent of the world’s prison population. The discretion of prosecutors to determine when and which charges to file has been linked to the immense prison growth of the U.S. since the late 1970s, especially given their lack of judicial and public oversight. In this study, participants were asked to answer survey questions made up of four scales: knowledge of the prosecutorial role (Prosecutor Knowledge), support for policy curtailing prosecutorial discretion (Policy Support), Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), and Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA). Findings included significant results for …

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Advancing Sdg 7.2: China's Global Renewable Energy Transition, Maria Clara Machado Corrêa Apr 2026

Advancing Sdg 7.2: China's Global Renewable Energy Transition, Maria Clara Machado Corrêa

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

In light of China's dominance in the renewable energy sector, this article analyzes the extent to which Chinese investments are increasing the global share of renewable energy, achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 7, target 2. It assesses two modes of intervention: the development of the Chinese renewable energy industries domestically, its impact in emerging economies, and the extent to which the manufacturing of electric vehicles further supports Beijing's energy transition. It concludes that China has rapidly scaled clean energy by utilizing a centralized state-led and top-down approach, driven by the need to guarantee its own energy security, while disproportionately impacting …

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Kissing Up, Kicking Down: How Brics Enables South African Sub-Imperialism, Karan Kuppa-Apte Apr 2026

Kissing Up, Kicking Down: How Brics Enables South African Sub-Imperialism, Karan Kuppa-Apte

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

South Africa has framed its BRICS membership as a strategic pivot from the West to the Global South. However, the country remains close to the Western-led order and reproduces unequal economic relations with its regional neighbors. This paper argues that South Africa's inability to break its dependency on the West and reorient itself towards BRICS is caused by an elite-driven approach to IPE that deepens longstanding dependencies, feeds into corruption, and encourages accumulation by dispossession. After establishing a theoretical framework based on dependency theory, world systems theory, and sub-imperialism, this paper identifies the minerals-energy complex (MEC), neoliberal post-apartheid reforms, and …

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The Costs Of Selective Intervention: Why The Obama Administration Chose To Intervene In Libya Over Syria, Rayanne Attar Apr 2026

The Costs Of Selective Intervention: Why The Obama Administration Chose To Intervene In Libya Over Syria, Rayanne Attar

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

This paper examines the Obama administration’s selective military intervention during the Arab Spring, comparing case studies of Libya and Syria. I argue that the decision for the Obama administration to militarily intervene in Libya but not Syria was justified because intervention in Syria was far more costly in terms of risks. In Libya, Qaddafi’s regime lacked strong external support, relied on dated military systems, and faced a fragmented opposition, making intervention politically feasible. In contrast, in Syria, Assad’s alliance with Russia and Iran, threatening air defense capabilities, and internal sociopolitical divisions made military action highly risky and unlikely to produce …

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