Disability rights

Transit advocates blast MTA board over fare hike plansTransit advocates blast MTA board over fare hike plans

Transit advocates blast MTA board over fare hike plans

New York — The state comptroller announced Nov. 9 that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s expenditures would soon require it to…

November 27, 2017
Worker exploitation and the mental health crisisWorker exploitation and the mental health crisis

Worker exploitation and the mental health crisis

Workers are facing a mental health crisis stemming from exploitation at the hands of the capitalist system. Working long hours…

October 29, 2017
Oklahoma City: Hundreds protest cop killing of deaf neighborOklahoma City: Hundreds protest cop killing of deaf neighbor

Oklahoma City: Hundreds protest cop killing of deaf neighbor

Hundreds came out in protest in Oklahoma City on Sept. 24, outraged at the cop killing of their Latinx neighbor,…

September 27, 2017
Disability Pride rocks NYC for health care, accessDisability Pride rocks NYC for health care, access

Disability Pride rocks NYC for health care, access

By Mary P. Kaessinger and Edward Yudelovich More than 7,500 people with disabilities, along with their families, caregivers, friends and…

July 24, 2017
Battle-tested people with disabilities fight for rightsBattle-tested people with disabilities fight for rights

Battle-tested people with disabilities fight for rights

July is widely celebrated as Disability Pride Month in the U.S. This year, the month marks the 27th anniversary of…

July 5, 2017
‘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