Home

Press Clips

Data & Disability - with Matthew Cortland

Thursday, September 05, 2024In this episode of You First, hosts Keith and Maddie interview Matthew Cortland, a Senior Resident Fellow at Data for Progress. Matthew shares insights about their work in public opinion research and advocacy focused on disability issues and social policies. They discuss their personal journey, including challenges with the healthcare system, and explain how data is used to influence policy decisions. The conversation covers topics like the importance of accurate demo...
MSNBC.com •

Opinion | It’s time to stop comparing Dianne Feinstein to John Fetterman - By Eric Garcia

Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., returned to the Senate this month after an extended period of time away as she reportedly recovered from shingles. But the American public is more concerned about whether the 89-year-old, who’s the oldest member of the Senate, has lost the cognitive ability she needs to do to represent her state. Jim Newell of Slate reported that when another reporter asked Feinstein about her long absence, she responded, “No, I haven’t been gone. You should follow the — I haven’t
GBH •

Immunocompromised patients feel unsafe as Boston hospitals drop universal masking - by Sarah Betancourt

Samantha Webster wears a mask in indoor spaces, even when she's the only one.

The 29-year-old graduate student with rheumatoid arthritis says she felt safe from COVID-19 when she went to the hospital for care, knowing she could count on medical personnel to take the same precautions. But last week, the federal government ended the public health emergency — and with it the requirement for hospital personnel and other patients to wear masks. Now Webster is scared of getting sick from a place mean
Prevention •

What Invisible Disabilities Are - and Why They Matter by Lizz Schumer

As I write this, bolts of electric pain shimmer down my right leg and up toward my shoulder as my joints throb in time with my heart. Every time I stand, my vision kaleidoscopes to black and back again. And today is a good day. To look at me, I’m just another 35-year-old white woman, about as put together as the next person. But I’m one of millions of Americans living with an invisible disability, about 10 percent of the population, according to one estimate. And there are likely far more of us
STLtoday.com •

Parents of patients at St. Louis transgender center fear privacy breaches, file complaints - by Colleen Schrappen

Parents interviewed by the Post-Dispatch have expressed shock at allegations of negligence and malpractice made by a former case manager, Jamie Reed, against Washington University’s Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. But they also say they are fearful. They don’t know who has access to their children’s information — or what will be done with it.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, regulates how a patient’s health information can be stored,
HuffPost •

New York Mayor Asks Shops To Require Customers To Remove Masks Upon Entry – By Shruti Rajkumar

“We are putting out a clear call to all of our shops: Do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face mask. And then once they’re inside, they can continue to wear it if they so desire to do so,” Adams said on Monday during an interview on the radio station 1010 WINS.

The plan was introduced as a way to address a surge in shoplifting at New York City bodegas, grocery stores and some high-end stores. Adams said that people often wear masks not because they’re fearful of the
NPR •

NYC Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to have customers remove their face masks – By Bill Chappell

NYC Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to have customers remove their face masks

Worries about the safety of New York City's deli clerks and bodega workers have Mayor Eric Adams making an unusual request: Members of the public should lower their face masks to reassure store workers they're not criminals, Adams and other city leaders said on Monday.

"We are putting out a clear call to all of our shops, do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face mask," Adams said in an