Inequality Inquiry

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Unhoused and Handcuffed

By Eleanor Khirallah Under the guise of addressing homelessness and mental illness in New York City, on Tuesday, November 28, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams announced...

Explainer: The Teamsters Local 320 Agreement

By Selma El-Badawi* Teamsters Local 320 Priorities Every day, I walk past and through University of Minnesota facilities, all carefully maintained by UMN’s service workers...

Laufer Gives ADA Testers a Second Green Light

By Matthew Schmitz ***Disability communities differ on whether they prefer person-first (“person with a disability”) or identity-first (“disabled person”) language. [1] Here, I have opted...

D.C. Statehood: A Half-Made Promise Losing Momentum

By Sergi Torres* On Thursday, April 22, 2021, the House of Representatives made headlines when they voted to pass H.R. 51, a bill that would...

“It’s Absolutely Immoral”: The Denial of Mental Health Treatment in U.S. Prisons

By Nicole Carter* Introduction: U.S. Prisons Deprive Inmates of Adequate Mental Health Treatment In 2016, John Rudd was sentenced to eight months in federal prison...