(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Retired U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro, who oversaw the upgrade of the institutional system of care for the intellectually and developmentally disabled in Massachusetts for decades starting … [Read more...]
Isolation of developmentally disabled woman continues after more than a year and a half
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) It has been a year and seven months since David Barr and his daughter, Ashley, were last informed by the Department of Developmental Services of the whereabouts of David's other daughter, a young … [Read more...]
Disability Law Center aids woman who has been kept away from father and sister by DDS
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In the wake of reports that an intellectually disabled woman has been prohibited for more than a year by the Department of Developmental Services from having any contact with her father and sister, … [Read more...]
Immigration Policy Reform is Right for America, and We Need it Now! By Natalicia Tracy
Immigration policy reform seems to have stalled in Washington, DC, like so many other important national initiatives, mired in the dysfunctional House of Representatives. The stalemate in Congress these days is less about the substantive … [Read more...]
On The View From Egypt, Part Six, Or, Let’s Review Where We Are
You know, David, there, there is a joke that went around Egypt for many years about Mubarak that he was on his death bed and an Egyptian delegation came to see him of the people. The nurse came in, said, "Mr. President, the … [Read more...]
On The View From Egypt, Part Five, Or, The Emergency Is Here
"My grandfather knew the exact time of the exact day of the exact year that he would die." "Wow, what an evolved soul! How did it come to him?" "The judge told him." --From "Plato and a Platypus Walk Into A Bar...", Thomas Cathcart and … [Read more...]
Musical Diplomacy: A Concert and Discussion on Rights and Responsibilities
A group of New England Conservatory students have put together a concert and panel discussion focusing on the relationship between music and current political issues, or more specifically, human rights violations in wartime. The concert … [Read more...]
ACLU report blasts violations of Massachusetts immigrants’ rights
Maria Sacchetti at the Boston Globe has a story about the report's findings today: ACLU alleges rights abuses What we basically found is that every day in Massachusetts, around 800 immigrants and asylum-seekers are in detention in county … [Read more...]
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The U.S. has supported the Universal Declaration of Human Rights so let's just see how many of these articles have been violated in the U.S. treatment of migrants. Article 1. All human beings are born … [Read more...]
One Human Family – or why overturning Prop 8 matters [in the form of poetry]
ONE FAMILY Children of One Family, Blessed by Eternal Love Living in the Many Mansions built beyond Time Sheltered by timeless Love, Warmed by the Spirit Taught eternal truths, beyond the dogmas of mankind. Children of one family, … [Read more...]