Democracy

Up to one-third of COVID-19 survivors will acquire the condition known as long or long-haul COVID-19. The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation estimates that long COVID will add…

Mutual aid allows movements to resist and transform oppressive systems. It could also be what ultimately sustains us against climate change.

More than one billion people, or 15 percent of the global population, live with a disability, according to the World Health Organization. People with disabilities face significantly higher risks associated with…

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Bill Ketter with his Wells Key award from SPJ and fellow CNHI executives Matt Gray, left , and Jim Zachary (Photo by Al Cross) By Al Cross …

In March, on International Women’s Day, President Biden issued an executive order to establish the Gender Policy Council and create our country’s first-ever national gender strategy “as a matter of human rights, justice,…

White public schools have always gotten more money than Black public schools. These funding disparities go back to the so-called “separate but equal” era—which was enshrined into the nation’s laws by the…

The climate emergency is here. Our political system isn’t responding at scale, so climate activists are stepping up their game.

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The court will examine whether a disabled advocate can sue hotels without being a guest. Advocates say independent civil rights testers are vital to ADA enforcement.

Today, we’re launching our new Advocacy Toolkit, a collection of guides and training materials that advocates can use to strengthen their campaigns to end mass incarceration. The toolkit builds on lessons…

If local governments are to effectively address our biggest global concerns, they’ll need to expand their skill sets.