Alice Wong, a disability rights activist, writer, and MacArthur Genius award winner based in San Francisco, died last Friday ...

Three months ago, few Mainers knew Senate candidate Graham Platner. Now he’s drawing big crowds, including more than 600 at ...

Since he took office, Trump has called for the dismantling of the Education Department, saying it has been overrun by liberal ...

The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights ...

The Center for American Progress recently hosted a summit with more than 50 advocates from the reproductive and disability rights communities to identify the most pressing policy priorities they face.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Disability Rights Arkansas (DRA), a statewide non-profit that provides legal advocacy and support to disabled individuals, has been forced to furlough its staff and stop accepting ...

Disability Rights Arkansas has been able to maintain its operations by utilizing leftover funds from the previous year. As November approaches, however, the organization has nearly depleted this ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Marissa Bode isn't just breaking ground on "Wicked" – she's using her platform to push Hollywood to rethink how it represents disability. Bode, 25, says reactions to the first film ...

A disability watchdog agency has filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health, accusing it of blocking access to records for three investigations, including one into a death at a ...

NYPD Chief of Department John Chell is expected to put in his retirement papers as early as Wednesday – and is seeking a disability pension, law enforcement sources said. Chell is exiting the ...