Released on July 11, 2024
The month of July was designated as Disability Pride Month to mark the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was passed on July 26, 1990. The first celebration was a Disability Pride Day that year in Boston, and Chicago hosted the first Disability Pride Parade in 2004. Here’s more about the history of Disability Read more …
Released on July 9, 2024
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is one of those yearly observances we don’t celebrate as a holiday—it’s more of a reminder, a marker, a warning. On this day, we calculate the extent of the disgraceful pay inequity that Black women face in the U.S. This date symbolizes how far into the year Black women must Read more …
Released on July 2, 2024
Sixty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964—one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in history. Here’s a link to President Johnson’s historic speech on that occasion. But watching it today, we see even more clearly how we are now living through the most Read more …
Released on July 1, 2024
“The Supreme Court failed democracy today. In ruling that former President Trump is entitled to some level of immunity from prosecution—but ducking the decision on what constitutes ‘official’ conduct—Chief Justice John Roberts has written the legacy of the Roberts’ Court.
Released on June 28, 2024
“The Supreme Court has once again taken agency and autonomy away from people whose very right to live is under threat. Taking away the right to sleep is ‘unconscionable and unconstitutional’, Justice Sotomayor wrote in her dissent. As an advocate for women and as a licensed clinical social worker and mental health professional, I agree.