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Turning my own lived experience into advocacy is what motivated me to participate in the UN’s global annual disability rights conference this June. And indeed, joining the Conference of State Parties ...

Formerly man had only a body and a soul. Now he needs a passport as well for without it he will not be treated like a human being—Stefan Zweig Ms. L. fled her home country for the United States, ...

This World Mental Health Day we need to confront a troubling reality: the mental health landscape is shifting in harmful ways in parts of Canada and the United States with the prospect of more ...

Rikers Island is a humanitarian crisis, especially for those with severe mental illness. Instead of offering care, the jail isolates, neglects, and dehumanizes people who need treatment — not ...

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Jewish clinicians “with Zionist affiliations” are being blacklisted on social media. An emergency room doctor who runs a Facebook group for Physician Moms removed Jews from the group. A doctor and ...

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