News & Commentary about Disability Rights
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Nov 25, 2024
Incarceration Should Not be a Death Sentence for Individuals Who Use Opioids
![White Plains, NY - USA - April 3, 2022: Closeup of Wesley Wofford's 9 ft bronze sculpture, Harriet Tubman — The Journey to Freedom. Depicting Tubman leading a young enslaved girl to freedom.](http://222.178.203.72:19005/whst/63/=ZrrdsrzZbktznqf//live/uploads/2024/07/harriet-tubman-s-400x266.jpg)
Jul 18, 2024
We Owe It to Harriet Tubman to Talk About Her Disability
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May 20, 2024
We Fought for Deaf People on Probation and Parole in Georgia — and Won
![Washington, DC/United States - May 21, 2019: Pro-life abortion protest on the steps of the Supreme Court after states sought to pass restrictive "heart beat" abortion laws.](http://222.178.203.72:19005/whst/63/=ZrrdsrzZbktznqf//live/uploads/2024/04/EMTALA-s-400x266.jpg)
Apr 24, 2024
Special Edition: Emergency Abortion Care at SCOTUS
![Activists and people experiencing homelessness gather near tents housing the homeless at an encampment in Echo Lake Park as the city makes plans to evict all the parks encampments in Los Angeles, March 24, 2021.](http://222.178.203.72:19005/whst/63/=ZrrdsrzZbktznqf//live/uploads/2024/04/housing-protest-s-400x266.jpg)
Apr 18, 2024
SCOTUS Will Decide If Homelessness Can be Punished
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Jan 10, 2024
Language Access is a Civil Right, For Both Children and Adults
![In this Dec. 17, 2012 photo, Officer Rick Moore of the Oakland school district police patrols Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, Calif.](http://222.178.203.72:19005/whst/63/=ZrrdsrzZbktznqf//live/uploads/2023/09/school-resource-officer-blog-400x266.jpg)
Sep 14, 2023
This Student Fought a School Fine for Four Years
![A wheelchair accessibility sign in front of the Supreme Court.](http://222.178.203.72:19005/whst/63/=ZrrdsrzZbktznqf//live/uploads/2023/08/disabled-sign-at-supreme-court-b-400x266.jpg)
Aug 14, 2023
Hotel Accessibility Reaches the Supreme Court