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Disability Activists Fight for the Right to Live in Their Communities
As support for the Disability Integration Act grows across party lines, activists are hopeful about its future.
Trending Human Rights
- Bernie Sanders’ New Bill Would Wipe Out Union-Busting ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws
- Sex Work Can Help Catch Those Who Fall Through Social Safety Net
- Alejandra Pablos, Asylum Seeker and Reproductive Justice Advocate, Speaks Out
- The Curious Case of the Coroner, the Telltale Sewer, and DNA Testing of Fetal Remains
- Ask a Queer Chick: I’m a Lesbian and Married to a Man I Don’t Love. What Do I Do?
- The New ICE Age: An Agency Unleashed
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Ask a Queer Chick: I’m a Lesbian and Married to a Man I Don’t Love. What Do I Do?
Also: How do I be myself when I don't know who that "self" is?
On Funding, Candidates of Color Face an Uphill Battle Before They Even Start
As Tuesday’s primaries showed, a few candidates might ascend in a system stacked against them, but many more are left behind. Underserved populations lose when financial barriers limit their choices at the ballot, because the people who represent their priorities are effectively shut out of the political process.
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For People With Disabilities, Earning Pennies Per Hour Is Only Part of the Problem
Supposedly, the goal of so-called sheltered workshops is to train people with disabilities to work in integrated settings, earning typical wages. But that is rarely what happens.
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State-Level Republicans Are Turning Down $32 Billion Because They Hate Obamacare
The uninsured rate in the United States would plummet by 24-26 percent if Medicaid were expanded in every state, according to a report released this week.
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In Tuesday’s Democratic Primaries, Women Ran and Won
The primary races and victories for women in these four states are a microcosm of what is happening at the national level.
