For the roughly 681,000 Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities who reside in congregate care settings such as group homes and state institutions, the coronavirus pandemic has wrought a tragic, and largely invisible, crisis.
National reform is imperative, and it will require the creation of a mandatory, comprehensive public database that will promote transparency and efficiency in police departments.
In the absence of clear federal guidance and additional funding, many parents, teachers, and experts worry that students with disabilities will face devastating and potentially irreversible learning loss as the pandemic takes its course.
With a battle over Ginsburg’s replacement on the horizon, the nation must reckon with the reality of how the loss of one justice has the potential to affect the liberties of so many.
Amid national outrage over racial inequality, the past several months have seen millions of protesters take to the streets and demand justice for Black...
As stay-at-home protests coincide with these concerning trends in race relations, one title still remains frustratingly absent from the descriptions of many of the protesters: terrorists.
A basket of deplorables. Racist. Sexist. Homophobic. Then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton categorized one half of the Trump voter base this way just three months...
As America responds to the coronavirus pandemic, this politicization of the disease and ignorance of health guidelines hinders public health efforts. Americans across the ideological spectrum must put ideological biases aside and open up channels of conversation with scientific experts and fellow citizens with diverging views.
