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Donald Trump’s Decades-Long Obsession With Eugenics

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Many people were shocked to read allegations last year by Donald Trump’s nephew, Fred Trump III, about his uncle: Fred, whose son William has intellectual and developmental disabilities, reported that the elder Trump said during his first presidential term that people like William should “just die.” That is shocking—but it’s not surprising. The comment falls […]

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FDA to Cut Covid Booster Access, Excluding In-Home Carers

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On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Covid booster shots will be limited to people over 65 and those with pre-existing health conditions that would put them at higher risk of acute complications. The FDA’s move is not surprising, given that Trump-appointed Covid contrarians Vinay Prasad, the director of the Center for Biologics […]

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“Peers, Partners, and Equals”: How a Tiny California Nonprofit Gets Unhoused People Back on Their Feet

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Standing in the parking lot of the El Portal Church of Christ in the Richmond, California area, unhoused people are quick to give O’Neill Fernandez a hug—or just chat. Some have come to shower in a mobile unit run by his employer, Safe Organized Spaces Richmond, better known as SOS. Fernandez was in their shoes, […]

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25 Arrested While Protesting GOP Medicaid Cuts

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Within the first few minutes of Tuesday’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on planned Republican Medicaid cuts—which would render more than 8 million Americans uninsured—a contingent of protesters entered the room in Washington, DC’s Rayburn Building where members of Congress had gathered. The protesters, shouting “No cuts to Medicaid!” represented groups including the […]

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24-Hour Vigil to Save Medicaid Takes Over National Mall

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At a 24-hour vigil to protect Medicaid on the National Mall in Washington, DC, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) was to the point: to protect democracy, Medicaid has to be protected, too. The vigil, which kicked off Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET, is hosted by the advocacy group Caring Across Generations and will be livestreamed until […]

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The Case That Could Gut Disabled People’s Right to Equal Health Care

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For decades, American hospitals have been subject to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and to the Americans with Disabilities Act, landmark federal disability civil rights laws that guarantee equal access to health care. But Hickson v. St. David’s Healthcare Partnership, a case before the conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, could upend those protections—giving […]

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Florida Man Loses Canadian Election

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Preliminary results projected by CBC in Canada’s snap federal election, which took place Monday, suggest that the country’s Liberal Party—which is currently in power—will win enough seats in the Canadian parliament to allow party leader Mark Carney to remain Prime Minister, though it remains unclear whether with a majority or minority government. In some ways, […]

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Disability Protection Groups in Two States Pause Services After Missing Federal Funds

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State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced this week that they will have to limit their work due to not receiving the full federal funds they are owed by the US federal government. Each state, territory, and Washington, DC, has a protection and advocacy agency to support the rights […]

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Trump’s Latest Deportation Tear Includes a 2-Year-Old and a Kid with Cancer

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On Friday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in New Orleans deported members of two families, including young children and a pregnant mother, under circumstances that have raised serious due process concerns. Among those deported were three children who are US citizens, including a 2-year-old who was born in New Orleans and a child […]

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Democrats Launch Inquiry Into Dismantling of Administration for Community Living

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On Thursday, House Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) introduced a formal inquiry demanding more information from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the decision to dismantle the Administration for Community Living (ACL), which oversees programs vital to independence and quality of life for disabled and aging adults. Kennedy’s HHS […]

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HHS Plans to Cut Funds Used to Investigate Abuse at Group Homes

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On Wednesday, a leaked draft Health and Human Services budget document revealed, among other sweeping cuts to health- and disability-related services, that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department plans to defund protection and advocacy services for people with developmental disabilities—including autistic people, about whom Kennedy also spreads harmful disinformation. The budget document is a proposal, […]

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Tariffs Are About to Hit Lifesaving Medical Equipment

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For millions of disabled people, essential health devices known as durable medical equipment, or DME—think of CPAP machines or in-home dialysis equipment—help them both remain at home and stay alive. Donald Trump’s recent wave of tariffs, extremely broad in both the imports and countries they target, are still at a new 10 percent baseline in […]

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