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Days after a crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters, at least 50 people were arrested after new tents were erected on the Austin campus.
Some colleges that initiated police crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests have since taken a different tack. Others have defended the move. Hundreds have been arrested.
With roads and bridges damaged and water and electricity out, people who rely on every-other-day dialysis treatments needed extraordinary efforts to survive the storm’s aftermath.
A new rule made it “virtually impossible” for transgender people born in Montana to amend the gender listed on their birth certificates, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana.
Officer Shaun Lucas, who is white, shot 31-year-old Jonathan Price four times. After the encounter, he was fired.
FEATURES
Madison Underwood was thrilled to learn she was pregnant. But when a rare defect in the developing fetus threatened her life, she was thrust into post-Roe chaos.
Gunfire in America has left a growing number of people with long-term disabilities. In one city, a support group that includes people who spent time in the same trauma ward offers a way to cope.
Restrictions in several states on mail-in voting are sending more people with disabilities to the polls. What they find isn’t always easy to navigate.
When shuttered venues embraced streaming during the pandemic, the arts became more accessible. With live performance back, and streams dwindling, many feel forgotten.
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
Advocates say better accounting of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the state’s care and better access to translators are needed.
Few organizations track the number of disabled individuals trying to access abortion, but abortion providers and groups that help assist Texans obtain out-of-state abortions say they are falling through the cracks.
Texas’ fertility rose after new abortion restrictions, raising concerns that special education and specialized health care will be stretched even thinner.
When Texas started scrubbing people from Medicaid after a three-year pause on removals during the pandemic, one family lost the insurance coverage that helped provide all treatments for their medically complex child.
Advocates say better accounting of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the state’s care and better access to translators are needed.
One abortion provider said it was “engulfed” in treating more than 100 patients at one clinic before the law took effect Wednesday.
Early on, coronavirus transmission exploded at dialysis clinics, especially in the Rio Grande Valley. It has subsided some since, but many patients have no choice but to show up at clinics for the life-sustaining treatments.
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Some are pushing for modifications to Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act to shield those gains. Others believe remote work already falls under the law's protections, but employers won't recognize it without the threat of federal enforcement.
Job recovery across the country continued through December despite the Omicron variant surge, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.
The visas will be for employers “facing irreparable harm” and hoping to hire workers before March 31, 2022.
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In the United States, 26% of adults have some kind of disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For many, remote work has been more accessible as offices often lack situation-specific accommodations.
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The cards can be easily forged but it's a federal crime, which is punishable by a fine and up to five years in prison for forging government seals found on the card. Forging a card could also violate university rules and students could face punishment from their schools as well.
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The Ponca tribe buried Chief Standing Bear more than a century ago in what is now Nebraska. But Standing Bear’s tomahawk has been sitting in a glass case 1,500 miles away at a Harvard University museum in suburban Boston since 1982.
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Lil Nas X’s unapologetic commitment to his identity has become even more essential in the wake of DaBaby’s comments. He’s proven he’s not successful in spite of his sexuality – he’s successful because he embraces it.