Disability rights

‘Healthcare Not Wealthcare!’: Disability rights activists arrested‘Healthcare Not Wealthcare!’: Disability rights activists arrested

‘Healthcare Not Wealthcare!’: Disability rights activists arrested

“Healthcare not Wealthcare” was a sign left behind at the die-in protest on June 22 inside Senate Majority Leader Mitch…

June 27, 2017
Riders with disabilities express righteous anger at MTA board meetingRiders with disabilities express righteous anger at MTA board meeting

Riders with disabilities express righteous anger at MTA board meeting

The Metropolitan Transit Authority has never produced an official map of the New York City subway system that only shows…

June 6, 2017
People with disabilities battle TrumpPeople with disabilities battle Trump

People with disabilities battle Trump

Ari Ne’eman, president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, warned about Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president: “It’s a disaster.…

April 6, 2017
Trump isn’t crazy–he’s a capitalistTrump isn’t crazy–he’s a capitalist

Trump isn’t crazy–he’s a capitalist

The writer self-identifies as a person with mental illnesses. A common insult hurled at President Donald Trump by the liberal…

March 6, 2017
Cop fired for not shooting Black man undergoing mental health crisisCop fired for not shooting Black man undergoing mental health crisis

Cop fired for not shooting Black man undergoing mental health crisis

By Benji Pyles and Jeremy Bauman Weirton, W.V. "[S]ociety is split into antagonistic, and, moreover, irreconcilably antagonistic classes, whose ‘self-acting’…

September 21, 2016
Rev. C.D. Witherspoon opens campaign for Baltimore NAACP presidentRev. C.D. Witherspoon opens campaign for Baltimore NAACP president

Rev. C.D. Witherspoon opens campaign for Baltimore NAACP president

The Rev. C.D. Witherspoon, a leader of the Baltimore People’s Power Assembly, and the president of the Baltimore Southern Christian…

September 11, 2016
People with disabilities fight backPeople with disabilities fight back

People with disabilities fight back

First, there were one or two. Then, a few dozen. By 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, hundreds of people…

August 12, 2016
Cops kill man in wheelchair, no chargesCops kill man in wheelchair, no charges

Cops kill man in wheelchair, no charges

Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn has refused to charge four Wilmington police officers in the shooting death of Jeremy "Bam"…

June 30, 2016
People with disabilities protest police murder of Jeremy McDolePeople with disabilities protest police murder of Jeremy McDole

People with disabilities protest police murder of Jeremy McDole

On Dec. 3, protesters rocked the normally mundane New York City Penn Station rush hour to commemorate the International Day…

December 8, 2015
International Day of Persons with Disabilities inspires struggle against disabled oppression and racismInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities inspires struggle against disabled oppression and racism

International Day of Persons with Disabilities inspires struggle against disabled oppression and racism

Because of the worldwide struggle of people with disabilities for equal rights, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities was…

November 30, 2015