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Sara Luterman
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Stacey Abrams wants more Georgians with disabilities to be able to live independently
The gubernatorial candidate said she would clear the backlog of more than 7,000 people on the waiting list for Medicaid-funded services in their own homes.
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Domestic workers, long excluded from labor protections, call for codified rights
Rules governing the workplace have long included exclusions rooted in racism and sexism. But the workers who care for others’ homes and families want those protections, too.
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Medicaid program expands funding for seniors and people with disabilities, but its future remains uncertain
Medicaid's Money Follows the Person has allowed over 90,000 people with disabilities and seniors to move out of nursing homes and back into their communities. But Congress still won’t make the funding permanent.
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Magnolia Mother’s Trust marks a history-making three cycles of paying Black mothers $1,000 a month
The Mississippi fund is the longest-running guaranteed income program in the United States.
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Yuh-Line Niou wants to become the first openly autistic member of Congress
The New York state assemblymember is at the front of a crowded pack of Democrats heading into the Aug. 23 primary.
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Why Vice President Kamala Harris mentioned her blue suit at a disability rights meeting
Harris met with disability rights leaders to mark the anniversary of the ADA. So why are we talking about her suit?
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43 percent of parents ‘definitely’ won’t vaccinate their children under 5, survey finds
More than a quarter of parents plan to "wait and see" how the COVID vaccine affects other young children first.
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COVID continues to hit nursing homes harder, AARP data shows
Cases are surging everywhere, and nursing home residents remain more likely to face severe illness and death.
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Movies and TV don’t portray how domestic workers really live, new report shows
Advocates say the media misrepresentation negatively impacts how child care workers, house cleaners and others in the workforce are treated in real life.
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Colorado is the first state to abolish anonymous sperm and egg donors. Activist Erin Jackson on why that matters.
Colorado has banned anonymous sperm and egg donation as well as regulated the number of families a single donor can be used to create. Donor-conceived activist Erin Jackson says this is only the start.