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Disability-rights advocate Carrie Ann Lucas, 1971-2019, a “bad-ass” to the end...
In the wake of disability-rights advocate Carrie Ann Lucas’s death on Sunday, state lawmakers offer a moment of silence in her honor. Those who...
Disability rights activist Carrie Ann Lucas throwing her hat into the...
Disability rights activist and attorney Carrie Ann Lucas today announced that she will be running for Town Board in her hometown of Windsor, saying...
Supporters await the release of disabled demonstrators jailed for occupying Cory...
UPDATE: The disabled demonstrators were released from jail early Saturday morning— the last one leaving at around 2 a.m., according to media reports. "The...
Disabled activists arrested during healthcare protest in Cory Gardner’s office
Police arrested 10 disability rights activists, many in wheelchairs, on Thursday after a 58-hour sit-in protest in Sen. Cory Gardner's Denver office.
The protest, which began Tuesday morning,...
Disability rights activists protest against aid-in-dying measure
By Allen Tian
More than 20 activists for disability rights marched to the Secretary of State’s office to protest an aid-in-dying measure likely to end up...
#Coleg notebook: Avoiding Safe2Bully; Rep. Danielson on her first 30 days
When Safe2Tell becomes Safe2Bully:
Last year, in the wake of the Arapahoe High School shooting, state lawmakers adopted Safe2Tell, a successful anonymous student intel program that...
Defining Dignity: Debate gets real over ‘right to die’ bill
“Suicide is someone intentionally causing their own death,” he said. “I don’t want to cause my own death. I’m not doing that. The cancer is doing that.”
Senate tamps down on government passive surveillance. House debates minimum wage...
Senate treads thin line between serving justice and protecting privacy with passive surveillance bill
While a national debate rages about the eyes and ears of...