May 2021

This comment is from Jessica Morrison of Burlington, a nurse and a member of the Vermont Workers' Center. At that meeting, Vermont lawmakers established a Task Force on Affordable, Accessible Healthcare, charged with soliciting public…

Frederick County Council unanimously passed a law introducing a property tax credit for disabled veterans Tuesday night.Credit is…

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 6:43 p.m.Press release: New Zealand Human Rights Commission Disability Rights Commissioner Paula Tesoriero welcomes the Labor Court's decision in her judgment on…

The legislature was two hours in LaGrange, Georgia when the black woman in her seventies was dropped at the side of the courthouse. She clutched a walker and walked through the building to the end of the line. When she got there…

Arizona's standards for allocating scarce medical resources during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic have been revised to resolve a month-long federal complaint.The state's revised Crisis Standards of Care now reflect "legal requirements…

Social movements • May 25, 2021 • Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt On October 15, 1890, Eugene T. Kingsley's life changed dramatically and irrevocably. The political development of the North American working class would…

Disability Rights Iowa (DRI) provides legal services and legal assistance to people with disabilities. To reach all populations in Iowa, they added an exclusive schedule for Spanish speakers:…

Susan Osborn, photographed May 2020, sits with her son Noah's service dog, Saxby, and her son's favorite toy on a bench in Union Point Park in New Bern, NC. At the time, Noah, a 17-year-old with autism and other developmental disorders,…

Mark York, the actor best known for playing Billy Merchant on the NBC sitcom "The Office," died last week in Dayton, Ohio. He was 55 years old.His death was confirmed by the Montgomery County Coroner Office, which announced Tuesday that he…

The United States Department of Health's Office of Human Rights (OCR) has resolved a complaint against the state of Arizona regarding its Crisis Standards Policy ("CSC"). The complaint was filed by the…