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NYC schools fail to protect students with disabilities from lengthy suspensions
By Alex Zimmerman | May 21, 2025, 3:05pm CDT After trading taunts with a classmate one morning in March 2023, Tristan threw a punch that busted the other student’s lip. A teacher who intervened wound up with a bloody nose and swollen lip in the ensuing scuffle. Then a ninth grader at Brooklyn’s Medgar Evers College Preparatory School,…
Lingering cost worries cloud plans for veterans disability reform bill
By Leo Shane III Thursday, May 22, 2025 After years of hearing cost complaints from lawmakers, advocates believe they have finally reached a funding solution for their major disability reform plan, providing thousands of dollars a year to 54,000-plus wounded veterans nationwide. Actually, they think the White House found the answer for them. “In March, Veterans Affairs leaders announced contract terminations that…
A double amputee who served in Iraq is pushing lawmakers to end the ‘wounded veterans tax’
Federal policy prevents around 50,000 injured veterans from receiving both their full retirement pay and disability compensation. May 26, 2025, 4:37 PM CDT / Updated May 27, 2025, 11:56 AM CDT By Melanie Zanona WASHINGTON — When Army veteran Dan Nevins was forced to medically retire from the military after losing both his legs in combat, he thought he’d…
EEOC’s Biden-era rule on abortion protections for workers struck down by judge
By Daniel Wiessner May 22, 2025 11:19 AM CDT May 22 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cannot require employers to provide accommodations to employees who get abortions, striking down a rule adopted during the administration of Democratic former President Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge David…
Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Updated 3:59 PM CDT, March 6, 2025 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination remains deeply embedded in economies and societies. The report released Thursday by…
Abortion-rights groups denounce censorship on Meta-owned apps in Latin America and beyond
By MARÍA VERZA Updated 7:08 PM CDT, May 15, 2025 MEXICO CITY (AP) — All of a sudden, women contacting one of the biggest sources of information about abortion in Mexico through the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp were met with silence. The nongovernmental organization’s business account had been blocked. Weeks later, a similar digital blackout struck a collective…
Washington will offer special education to students longer under new law
Jerry Cornfield May 16, 2025 / 10:45 am A new law triggered by a lawsuit will ensure public school students in Washington are offered special education instruction until they are 22 years old. Gov. Bob Ferguson signed legislation this week to extend the length of a student’s eligibility to the end of the school year in which they turn…
Our Rescue and We Fight Monsters partner to build “Hope House” in Memphis, TN
Our Rescue May 22, 2025, 14:01 ET In a united effort to support survivors of sex trafficking in the U.S., Our Rescue and We Fight Monsters have signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to renovate and complete construction of a new “Hope House” – a Recovery House for Survivors at 1192 Melrose Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The facility will serve as a…
As fears persist over students’ visas, Mass. colleges try to offer legal and academic support
By Anna Rubenstein May 02, 2025 Colleges and universities across Massachusetts moved swiftly to change policies and offer new services to international students affected by the Trump administration’s whiplash actions against their visas. From free legal advice to remote study options and emergency financial aid, several schools recently crafted what some educators and lawyers described as “contingency…