The Hawaii Senator Who Faced Down Racism and Ableism—And Killed Nazis
Sen. Daniel Inouye in 1964, during his first term in the Senate.Wally McNamee/Corbis/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Daniel Inouye wanted to serve the United States from a young age. Growing up in Hawaii, he was rattled by the attack on Pearl Harbor;…
Donald Trump Called Kamala Harris “Mentally Disabled”
Frmer President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Prairie du Chien, Wis.Charlie Neibergall/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump has disdain for disabled people. As Fred Trump III, his nephew, revealed this year, the former…
Federal Court Blocks Part of Alabama Voter Suppression Law
Matt Slocum/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, US District Judge R. David Proctor ruled in an injunction that part of Alabama’s voter suppression law SB1—state legislation that made it a felony to assist disabled people in requesting and filling absentee ballots—was an…
Federal Investigation: Disabled People Are Five Times More Likely to Experience Domestic Violence
Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Disabled people are five times more likely to experience domestic violence than non-disabled people, and make up a third of its victims, according to a new report published today by the federal Government Accountability Office. People…
Harris Would Ban Paying Disabled Workers Less Than Minimum Wage—Except in Prison
Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in North Carolina. Josh Brown/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Earlier this month, Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign dropped an issues page detailing the Democratic candidate’s priorities if elected. One brief but important point: Harris’ platform…
The Two States Where the GOP Is Taking on Ableist Language
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Nevada State Sen. Robin Titus—at the time a member of its state House—received an email from a speech pathologist in rural Nevada. The pathologist and his students had noticed that the state constitution used…