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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.

Apr 18, 2024

SCOTUS Will Decide If Homelessness Can be Punished

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

Language Access is a Civil Right, For Both Children and Adults
photo dated 29/08/16 of Britney Spears who has name dropped Sir Elton John and Paris Hilton in her new memoir published on Tuesday.

Nov 2, 2023

We All Pathologized Britney Spears

We All Pathologized Britney Spears
In this Dec. 17, 2012 photo, Officer Rick Moore of the Oakland school district police patrols Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, Calif.

Sep 14, 2023

This Student Fought a School Fine for Four Years

This Student Fought a School Fine for Four Years
A wheelchair accessibility sign in front of the Supreme Court.

Aug 14, 2023

Hotel Accessibility Reaches the Supreme Court

Hotel Accessibility Reaches the Supreme Court

Jul 27, 2023

No One Should Die In Custody

No One Should Die In Custody
Pregnant person sits at a desk with one hand resting on their stomach and the other on a keyboard.

Jul 20, 2023

The Decade-Long Fight for Pregnant Workers

The Decade-Long Fight for Pregnant Workers
A photo of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ client Marie Bergum.

Jun 26, 2023

It Took Me 12 Years to Get Out of My Conservatorship. Now I’m Finally Free.

It Took Me 12 Years to Get Out of My Conservatorship. Now I’m Finally Free.
A sandwich board with directions posted on signs showing the way to vote outside a Cobb County voting building in Marietta, Ga.

May 19, 2023

Here's How Georgia's New Voting Law Harms Voters With Disabilities

Here's How Georgia's New Voting Law Harms Voters With Disabilities
Judy Heumann, center wheelchair, is sworn in as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Service by Judge Gail Bereola, left, on June 29, 1993. Standing at left is Berkeley Mayor Loni Hancock with sign language interpreter Joseph Quinn, and Julie Weissman, right.

Mar 9, 2023

Judy Heumann's Legacy Lives On

Judy Heumann's Legacy Lives On