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Disability Advocacy in the Motor City – Pushing Limits
ID: Headshot of Ramiro Alvarez Listen to the whole interview with 94.1 KPFA What does it take to turn one of the nation’s largest...


Detroit housing crisis deepens for disabled residents
ID: Person in wheelchair staring up steep steps (Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios) By Annalise Frank Detroit needs more affordable housing...


Anna Wadia: Solidarity is How We Endure — And How We Win
ID: Black and white closeup of three hands tenderly touching By Anna Wadia Last month, just outside of Detroit, Michigan, I stood in a...


Trump’s Promise to End Vote-by-Mail Is Yet Another Attack on Disabled Voters
ID: President Trump By JULIA MÉTRAUX Source: Mother Jones On Monday morning, President Trump returned to a longtime fixation, posting on...


The Metro: Disability advocates say Detroit Clerk Janice Winfrey downplays voting barriers
ID: Voters casting their absentee ballots in person at a satellite voting center in Detroit. (Photo credit: Laura Herberg, WDET) By Robyn...


Senate Appropriations Committee Examines the Ugly Fiscal Consequences of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
ID: Sarah Anthony (center) listens to experts from the health care, education, and business sectors testify on the impact of federal cuts...


Resilience Revealed: Ann Arbor's Disability Legacy
Watch the new documentary from filmmaker Zach Damon about the role Ann Arbor has played in the world of accessibility and disability...


Community Win! Historic Investments Secured for Disabled Detroiters
ID: Michael Cunningham, a longtime transit activist in Detroit, raises his portable chair and mobility aid to the air with a smile as he...


The Metro: Closing the accessibility gap for metro Detroit voters
By Lauren Myers , Sam Corey , Jack Filbrandt Some Michiganders will begin casting ballots in the state’s Aug. 4 primary election as...


Detroit transit forum shows advocates who’s serious about bus system
by Malachi Barrett and Johnathan Shephard Detroit mayoral candidates committed to increasing transit funding and bus driver wages at...


Transit advocates press city to ‘double DDOT’
by Malachi Barrett with Bridge Detroit ID: Megan Owens, the executive director of Transportation Riders United, speaks at the press...


LOVE Building: An Honest Conversation with Ramiro Alvarez, Communications Director of the Detroit Disability Power
by Leslie Cieplechowicz at Runner Magazine February 27, 2025 “Honestly, straight up, the biggest problem people with disabilities face...


Detroit promised same-day transit for disabled residents. They’re still waiting
by Outlier Media ID: In the background: photo of Michael Staley, interim director at DDOT speaking at a podium to the public and press....


Civil rights advocates urge action on state voting rights act amid concerns of future threats
by Michigan Advance ID: Eric Welsby, advocacy director for Detroit Disability Power, discusses how the Michigan Voting Rights Act would...


Disabled Voter Took 2-Plus Hours To Vote Because VAT Wasn't Ready
by MIRS ID: Photo of Marguerite Maddox and her service dog outside the polling place that had her wait two hours to vote. "Because her...


Officials Underscore Michigan’s Election Protections
by Detroit Regional Chamber ID: Photo of Vote pins. Text above the photo reads "Nov. 1, 2024. This Week in Government: Officials...


Disabled People Still Face Barriers to Online Voter Registration in Most States
by Truthout ID: Picture of only someone's arms in frame, holding a smartphone, taking a picture of a table with a Register to Vote...


The Metro: What it means to improve voting access for people with disabilities
by WDET 101.9 FM Detroit Public Radio ID: A "Vote Here" sign outside a voting location in Michigan on Election Day. “So we’re not only a...


Michigan voters with disabilities face barriers to the ballot box, despite legal protections
by Michigan Advance ID: Photo of DDP's executive director, Dessa Cosma, posing for a photo in her wheelchair in front of a mural. “‘I...


Efforts to Protect Accessibility of the Electoral Process
by the American Bar Association ID: Screenshot of the Bar Association's webpage, displaying the headline title of this piece: Efforts to...
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