By Dana Feeney × Vaughn Lowery The modeling industry has two very different faces. One side are supermodels, like Gigi and Bella Hadid, glamorously modeling, making millions of dollars, and traveling the world. The other are the unknown models working job to job, facing exploitation and manipulation by their agencies and clients, and trying to […]
By Althea Champion While others spend the day with their families outside, grilling kabobs, taking advantage of the last inklings of warm weather, or swarming flash retail sales, others will spend it inside either on the clock on site, from home, or in isolation. This Labor Day, 28 million Americans are out of work. Those […]
Usher releases “I Cry,” a song with an emotional response to this unprecedented time in our lives Today, Usher releases a brand new song “I Cry,” which explores Usher’s emotional response to this unprecedented time in our lives. Listen to “I Cry” here. “This song was inspired by wanting to teach my sons that it is […]
Los Angeles finally agrees to settle excessive force claim for the 2015 LAPD shooting of unarmed teenagers On February 10, 2015, Jamar Nicholson and friends were rapping in an alley on the way to school when LAPD opened fire. The City of Los Angeles agreed to settle a lawsuit for excessive force against the Los […]
Last month, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sent two letters to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Alex Azar, requesting comprehensive national race and ethnic demographic data for tests, cases and fatalities related to COVID-19. The Lawyers’ Committee received a letter in response last week from the director of the Centers […]
As we celebrate Black History Month, which takes place every February, RespectAbility recognizes the contributions made and the important presence of African Americans to the United States. It is important to note this includes more than 5.6 million African Americans living with a disability in the U.S., 3.4 million of which are working-age African Americans […]
