10th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
AMY GOODMAN: We move on with the rest of the program, which we will be devoting to this tenth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Ten years ago, the ADA was signed. Many say the...
View ArticleThe Case of Terri Schiavo: A Debate Between a Bioethicist and a Disability...
AMY GOODMAN: Speaking in Tucson Monday, Bush applauded the dramatic legislative maneuver by Congress to get the case before a federal court. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: Democrats and Republicans in...
View ArticleMissouri Prepares to Cut 100,000 More From Receiving Medicaid Benefits
AMY GOODMAN: To talk to us about these cuts, we’re joined in the studio by Ruth Ehresman, Policy Director for Citizens for Missouri’s Children. Welcome to Democracy Now! RUTH EHRESMAN: Thank you very...
View Article"Poor People, Disabled People, People of Color Are Not Welcomed Back to New...
AMY GOODMAN: We’re joined by two guests in the studios here at the PBS TV station WLAE. Bill Quigley is a law professor at Loyola University and the director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long...
View ArticleAs Helen Keller Honored at US Capitol, Lifelong Radical Politics Go Ignored
JUAN GONZALEZ: A bronze statue of Helen Keller was unveiled Wednesday at the US Capitol. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, quote, "Helen Keller ignited a century marked by progress for people with...
View ArticleGOP Senate Nominee Rand Paul of Kentucky Faces Firestorm After Suggesting...
JUAN GONZALEZ: Rand Paul, the Republican Senate nominee from Kentucky, is scrambling to tamp down a growing firestorm over comments he made suggesting he does not favor portions of the Civil Rights Act...
View Article"Dr. Death" Agrees to Stop Evaluating Mentally Disabled Texas Death Row...
AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to developments in Texas that could stop so-called "mentally retarded" criminals from being executed. Last Friday, Texas reprimanded a psychologist who used what critics say...
View ArticleDisabled Athlete, Advocate Eli Wolff on the Overlooked Dynamism & Diversity...
AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to a major sporting event that received notably little attention in the United States. The largest Paralympics in history barely made headlines here, despite attracting 4,200...
View ArticleMedia Enabled Musketeers: Russian & American Filmmakers with Disabilities...
AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to Media Enabled Musketeers. That’s the name of a group of Russians and Americans who have banded together to raise awareness about disability issues through films. They’ve...
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