Disability rights

Disability community wins ruling in fight for subway access

In the hallways of the court at 60 Centre St. on June 5, lawyers for disability rights activists declared an…

June 10, 2019

Pack the court for NYC subway elevators, June 5!

The fight for accessibility in New York’s public transportation system is approaching a critical milestone on June 5. That’s when…

May 28, 2019

Stop the fare hike! Money for Accessible Transit, Not Wall St.

Just after this article was filed, the heartbreaking news broke that on January 28, a young mother carrying a baby…

January 30, 2019

Disabled activists demand ‘no forced institutionalization!’

The disability community issued a clarion call to Congress on Jan. 15 to legislate freedom for people with disabilities and…

January 29, 2019

In New York City, a ‘Yellow Vest’ protest against transit fare hikes

Showing solidarity with and taking inspiration from the French uprising that defeated a fuel tax increase -- and then won…

December 19, 2018

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, protest demands for equality, access and an end to police murder

New York - For the fourth consecutive year, the People’s Power Assemblies organized a rally to commemorate the International Day…

December 11, 2018

Riders say, ‘No fare hike, Bezos can pay!’

The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority is asking riders to pay more for a subway system that has become a…

December 6, 2018

Disabled artists and activists fight for minimum wage equality

Brooklyn, N.Y.  — The Fair Wages Task Force began its campaign to eliminate subminimum wages for disabled workers at a…

November 5, 2018

Disability, racist profiling and the Portland police

Portland, Ore. — Police shot and killed Samuel Rice, a 30-year-old man with a history of mental disabilities, here on…

October 16, 2018

Disability groups reject racist Georgia voter suppression

A proposal by the Randolph County, Georgia, Board of Elections to close seven out of nine polling places in one…

September 10, 2018