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The Pacifica Evening News March 6 2023

Norfolk Southern releases new rail safety requirements following derailment disaster. French Unions announce new round of strikes protesting government retirement proposal. President Biden considering restarting migrant family detention. Four Americans kidnapped in Mexico drug cartel clash. More than 100 nations agree to UN ocean biodiversity pledge. Mother of disability rights movement, Judy Heumann, dies at … Continued


Guest: Judy Heumann (1947- 2023) was a pioneering disability rights activist and international advisory on disability, on the history of the disability rights movement. Judy was a founding member of the Berkeley Center for Independent Living which was the first grassroots center in the United States and helped to launch the Independent Living Movement both … Continued