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Read more about the article MLB lockout wounded baseball — and loyal fans like me (Guest Opinion by Joey Pagano)
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MLB lockout wounded baseball — and loyal fans like me (Guest Opinion by Joey Pagano)

Baseball was my first love, becoming the genesis of countless, timeless memories. The crack of the bat, the cheering crowd, hearing Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” after each Yankee…

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March 2022
Read more about the article Essential workers still at bottom of job hierarchy (Guest Opinion by Joey Pagano)
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Essential workers still at bottom of job hierarchy (Guest Opinion by Joey Pagano)

Many workers formerly classified as "low-skilled" were deemed "essential" at the beginning of the pandemic. They're slowly getting the old label back, and it's problematic.

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January 2022
Read more about the article K-12 education system is failing students with disabilities (Guest Opinion by Joey Pagano)
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K-12 education system is failing students with disabilities (Guest Opinion by Joey Pagano)

In discussions about K-12 education reform, disabled students are often an afterthought, yet represent a gaping hole in the system. I have documented my own struggles with higher education throughout…

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November 2021
Read more about the article Ableism is everywhere — even the Paralympics (Guest Opinion by Joey Pagano)
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Ableism is everywhere — even the Paralympics (Guest Opinion by Joey Pagano)

As I have watched the Paralympics, the name Becca Meyers echoes between my ears. Thinking what would've been, could've been and should be has infuriated me since I read that…

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September 2021
Read more about the article Defining disability pride: ‘I am who I am because of what I am’
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Defining disability pride: ‘I am who I am because of what I am’

July is a symbolic month for the disability community. On July 26, 1990, the transformative Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted, and in celebration of its 25th anniversary, New York…

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July 2021
Read more about the article Erasing hurtful words from NY law affirms humanity of disabled people
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Erasing hurtful words from NY law affirms humanity of disabled people

Words matter. Each letter sequence has a meaning attached to it, and sometimes more than one. So the phrase “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never…

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June 2021
Read more about the article Accepted in high school despite cerebral palsy, I expected the same in college. What went wrong?
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Accepted in high school despite cerebral palsy, I expected the same in college. What went wrong?

The idea of writing two five-page papers for separate courses in the same week began to erode my confidence. As I traveled the icy path from the Maxwell School in…

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May 2021
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