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Disabled people demand access, fair wages  By Edward Yudelovich posted on July 23, 2021 The Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World Party holds a Second Sunday Dialogue by zoom every month. On July 11, at the sixth of these dynamic sessions, DJRC speakers discussed important struggles to get access and fair wages for disabled people. DJRC activist Renée Imperato related how New York City’s outdoor dining expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic invoked many social contradictions.  The reckless rush to open up the economy, in hope of saving the collapsing restaurant industry...

On top of Philly news ‘First of many’ protests over teardown of Philly’s only rec center for people with disabilities “I’m praying that they stay open,” said a mother whose son has Down syndrome and visited the Carousel House often. Protesters upset about the planned demolition of Carousel House made their way onto Belmont Ave to stop traffic and make their point heard, chanting, 'Repair and reopen for the disabled community.' Emily Cohen / WHYY �� Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn newsletter to get everything you nee...

Why there’s no Springsteen Christmas album I never thought about this before. With so many artists of every genre who put out Christmas albums over the years (heck even Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond put out Christmas albums) why not Bruce Springsteen? Some insight came during an interview with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night. He spoke of a series of December shows he’d done in Asbury Park back in the early 2000’s. “I tried to piece something together from those shows ... but we'd have to go into a studio. The thing is, you only want to do it around Christmas time but you don 't wan...