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Security Guard at Zuccotti: ‘Your Fly’s Open, Faggot’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2011 You may wonder what kind of goons Brookfield Properties -- the owners of Zuccotti Park -- hired to secure the area after Occupiers were evicted from the premises early Tuesday morning. At least one careless bigot numbered among the crowd. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Education Department Bureaucracy Keeps Disabled Borrowers in Debt

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2011 Under federal law, borrowers who develop lasting disabilities after taking out federal student loans are entitled to have their debts forgiven. The system was meant to spare former students who become disabled from a lifetime of spiraling debt. But the process of discharging the loans of disabled borrowers is broken. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

House Approves ‘Online Ramps to the Internet’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2010 As lawmakers from the president on down marked the Americans With Disabilities Act's 20th birthday, the House voted to make it easier for disabled people to get online. Rep. Edward Markey quipped that the disabled "need online ramps to the Internet so they can get to the Web from wherever they happen to be." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Jersey: Ding the Poor or Tax the Rich?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2010 Cut services for poorer senior citizens and the disabled or tax the rich? That's the question that will be debated in the New Jersey Legislature on Monday as the state maneuvers to balance a budget deficit of close to $11 billion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reality TV Hits a New Low With Disabled Model Show?

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2009 There's a lot to unpack when it comes to BBC America's new reality show, "Britain's Missing Top Model," which focuses on a group of disabled women competing to win a high-profile modeling gig. First, what, exactly, is "missing" here, aside from the fact that some contestants are missing limbs? Could it be a sense of humanity, then? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Mother of Special Olympics, Dead at 88

Staff / Truthdig Aug 11, 2009 The Washington Post called her "a gladiator for a new age." JFK's sister was also the mind and spirit behind the Special Olympics, which has allowed millions of disabled athletes to "be brave in the attempt." Her life ended in Boston on Tuesday, but her good works live on. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chronically Homeless Numbers Down 30%, U.S. Claims

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 In the face of a U.S. housing crisis and a troubled economy, Bush administration officials claim that the past two years have seen a 30 percent drop in the levels of chronically homeless people, crediting the decrease to a strategy of finding permanent shelter for the long-ignored disabled and addicted. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

For Veterans With PTSD, Location Is Everything

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2007 Of the 750,000 or so veterans who have been discharged from the "war on terror," roughly one-quarter have been recognized by the VA as mentally or physically injured. One of the leading debilitating injuries suffered by those men and women is PTSD, but how much they're compensated by the government depends a great deal on where they live, according to an investigation by McClatchy's Washington bureau. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Fastest Man on No Legs

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig May 24, 2007 As technology becomes exponentially more sophisticated and pervasive, the sports world finds itself awash in ethical dilemmas. So where does a lightning fast amputee fit in the spectrum of Barry Bonds with his alleged doping and Tiger Woods with his better-than-perfect Lasik eyes? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Shortchanging Veterans

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2007 Jim Lehrer reports that the Army may be underestimating the severity of disabilities, denying servicemen and -women lifetime benefits. The Veterans Disability Benefits Commission found that disability ratings made by the Veterans Affairs Department were typically higher than those of the Army. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Record Injuries Leave Veterans Stranded

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2007 Former Truthdigger of the Week Linda Bilmes offers this scathing analysis of America's treatment of its wounded. The Harvard public finance expert writes that for every fatality in Iraq, there are 16 injuries, and doctors and bureaucrats at home are struggling to keep up with the unprecedented -- and underestimated -- surge of wounded soldiers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )