NASW is deeply troubled by reports that budget employees for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were told by their leadership that in their FY2019 budgets, they could not use seven specific words and phrases. Removing words that are necessary terminology of public health professionals serves no useful purpose — and runs counter to our democratic principles.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), a membership organization of more than 120,000 members with a long history of advocating for the nation’s most vulnerable and underrepresented populations, is writing in opposition to the confirmation of Don Willett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Judge Willett, a justice on the Texas Supreme Court since 2005, has held radical positions that have impinged on the rights of vulnerable and marginalized Americans throughout his career, both on and off the bench, and NASW opposes this federal lifetime appointment to the Fifth Circuit...

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