Disability rights

Feds declare health emergency over, but COVID-19 still ravages Disability communityFeds declare health emergency over, but COVID-19 still ravages Disability community

Feds declare health emergency over, but COVID-19 still ravages Disability community

March 5, 2023 The Biden administration announced Jan. 30 its intent to end the national emergency and public health emergency…

March 8, 2023
Important win in the opioid crisisImportant win in the opioid crisis

Important win in the opioid crisis

Opioid addiction — opioid-use disorder — is a disease, a mental illness, a medical condition that can be treated by…

February 27, 2023
Family of disabled man killed by police files historic ADA lawsuitFamily of disabled man killed by police files historic ADA lawsuit

Family of disabled man killed by police files historic ADA lawsuit

Matthew Zadok Williams, 35 years old, was experiencing a mental health breakdown April 12, 2021, at his home of five…

February 22, 2023
Disabled people are proletarians worldwideDisabled people are proletarians worldwide

Disabled people are proletarians worldwide

Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar “Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles…

February 9, 2023
U.N. rocked by International Day of Persons with Disabilities U.N. rocked by International Day of Persons with Disabilities 

U.N. rocked by International Day of Persons with Disabilities 

On Dec. 2, the eve of the 30th annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities, disabled activists and artists and…

December 16, 2022
Long COVID: a public health catastropheLong COVID: a public health catastrophe

Long COVID: a public health catastrophe

On Sept. 18, President Joe Biden declared: “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still…

December 15, 2022
Disability justice is a right − and a demand!Disability justice is a right − and a demand!

Disability justice is a right − and a demand!

Since its founding in 1959, Workers World Party has had a Disability Justice and Rights Caucus. From its beginning there…

November 8, 2022
Queen City Workers’ Center fights for tenant’s rightsQueen City Workers’ Center fights for tenant’s rights

Queen City Workers’ Center fights for tenant’s rights

By Lydian Standeford Buffalo For two months, fair housing activists with the Queen City Workers’ Center (QCWC) have stood up…

September 14, 2022
Louisiana case shows: the human toll of abortion bansLouisiana case shows: the human toll of abortion bans

Louisiana case shows: the human toll of abortion bans

Nancy Davis has been confronted by a terrible dilemma. She and her fiancé, Shedrick Cole, who have three children, wanted…

August 29, 2022
Safe consumption sites: End the war on people who use drugs!Safe consumption sites: End the war on people who use drugs!

Safe consumption sites: End the war on people who use drugs!

New York City 2020. In the shadow of the COVID-19 epidemic are two others: the opioid and overdose epidemics. Since…

July 18, 2022