The Trump administration proposed cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say DOJ pushed out many of its lawyers.

Bob Kafka was an organizer with ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today), a group which advocates for policy change to support people with disabilities.

The Trump administration is trying to slash access to lawyers who defend the rights of Americans with disabilities, advocates ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—For more than a decade, Disability Rights Ohio has been the state’s official advocate for people with disabilities, with powers no other nonprofit in Ohio has to file lawsuits on their ...

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Kafka was a fixture at the Texas and U.S. Capitols, pushing lawmakers to make housing, transportation and voting more ...

Attorney and activist Lydia X. Z. Brown, a Chinese American with a non-conforming gender, knows what it’s like to experience discrimination because of race, ethnicity and sexual expression. Brown, who ...

BOSTON — Paul Spooner, a longtime advocate for people with disabilities who had been active on Beacon Hill for decades, died unexpectedly on Saturday, the organization he led announced. He was 67.

Earlier this summer, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that most drop boxes aren’t allowed in the state, and voters cannot have someone else drop off their ballot for them. Last week, Republican ...

Reservation alone does not ensure equality and it is crucial to have transparency, accountability and govt oversight wherever ...