Disability Rights
Stories from the front lines of the struggle for disability rights
Our daily reporting covers aspects of health, community, economy, international relations, and social justice relative to the struggle for disability rights.
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Smart Ass Cripple: The Search for the Perfect Exploitable Worker
With the pandemic causing millions of workers to forgo crappy, low-wage jobs, employers are now scrambling to find people to exploit. That’s where the disabled come in. Read more
Jul 19, 2021
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Smart Ass Cripple: Senate Republicans Missed Their Chance
Senate Republicans Missed Their Chance: They could have claimed that killing the voting rights bill was a boon to people with disabilities, but didn’t even bother. Read more
Jul 10, 2021
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Don’t Erase Disability From the #FreeBritney Movement
Britney Spears’s abusive conservatorship must be viewed from a disability rights perspective. Read more
Jul 7, 2021
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Late Judge Secured a Big Win for People with Disabilities
Jack B. Weinstein rebuffed the Reagan Administration’s efforts to make it harder to get help. Read more
Jun 25, 2021
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Smart Ass Cripple: The Anti-Vaxx Jerk Juggernaut Lives On
If you’re worried that the government is going to force you to wear a mask or get vaccinated, you can breathe a sigh of relief—it isn’t going to happen. Read more
Jun 18, 2021
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Smart Ass Cripple: Defund the Nursing Homes
The pandemic has made clear that people in nursing homes are extremely vulnerable and that something needs to be done about it. Read more
Jun 18, 2021
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Smart Ass Cripple: Why the ADA was Naive
You’d think that more than thirty years after the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, there’d be no more closed doors for disabled folks. That isn’t the case. Read more
Jun 7, 2021
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Smart Ass Cripple: The Great Infrastructure Debate
One lawmaker’s idea of infrastructure is another lawmaker’s idea of a frivolous socialist scheme to bankrupt the United States. Read more
May 24, 2021
