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Development & Help, Editor's Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Poverty & SDGs, Regional Categories, TerraViva United NationsWorld Bank creditUNITED NATIONS, April 6, 2021 (IPS) - The 15,900-strong…

For most of her life, Judy Heumann, to use the words of the late Congressman John R. Lewis, has caused “good problems”. She had to. She was born in 1947 and disabled from polio as a toddler. She lived in a world not configured for her in…

Brooke Gladstone: On Monday, a Netflix documentary called Crip Camp earned an Oscar nomination for best documentary feature. The film tells the story of the Disability Rights Movement and the activists who spent decades fighting…

Last month, we and millions of others across the country celebrated National Developmental Awareness Month by reflecting on the milestones in our fight for equality that have brought us closer to where we…

RANDOLPH, NJ: The Legacy Project at the County College of Morris (CCM) completes its programming for 2021 with several notable online programs. This includes an evening reflection on the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, a discussion…

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Reprinted with permission from "The Urbanist".On March 9, advocacy groups Front and Centered and Disability Rights Washington held the first of a series of press conferences calling on Washington state lawmakers to stop spending on…

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont at a news conference on June 3, 2020. Photo: Michael Marciano / ALM A Connecticut statewide advocacy group filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health with the U.S. Department…

Photo courtesy of Sinn Féin, FlickrOn Wednesday, March 31st at 5:00 pm, the Ramapos Democracy Matters Club hosted an event entitled "The Intersection of Money in Politics and Disability Rights." The event started with a…

Before long, Kitty Cone enrolled at Mount Vernon Seminary in Washington and felt discriminated against.Cone was walking with a stick, and the headmistress of the seminary, a private women's school, began to…