{"id":169781,"date":"2015-07-31T17:31:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T17:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/ed-morales-on-puerto-rican-debt-crisis-beth-haller-on-disability-rights\/"},"modified":"2015-07-31T17:31:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T17:31:45","slug":"ed-morales-on-puerto-rican-debt-crisis-beth-haller-on-disability-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/ed-morales-on-puerto-rican-debt-crisis-beth-haller-on-disability-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Morales on Puerto Rican Debt Crisis, Beth Haller on Disability Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<div id=\"wrapperMI_0\" class=\"wrap-mjp  \" style=\"padding:5px 0px 40px 0px;margin:0px;width:100%\">\n<div class=\"Eabove-mjp\" id=\"Eabove-mjp_0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"subwrap-MI\">\n<div class=\"jp-innerwrap\">\n<div class=\"innerx\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"innerleft\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"innerright\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"innertab\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"interface-mjp verdana-mjp\" style=\"height:71px\" id=\"interfaceMI_0\">\n<div class=\"MI-image Himg right-mjp\" id=\"MI_image_0\" style=\"width:auto;height:71px;overflow:hidden\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"T_mp3j_0\" class=\"player-track-title left-mjp norm-mjp plain-mjp childNorm-mjp childPlain-mjp\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bars_holder\">\n<div class=\"loadMI_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"poscolMI_mp3j\" id=\"poscol_mp3j_0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"posbarMI_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"P-Time-MI_0\" class=\"jp-play-time\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"T-Time-MI_0\" class=\"jp-total-time\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"statusMI_0\" class=\"statusMI\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"transport-MI\">\n<div class=\"play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\">Play<\/div>\n<div class=\"stop-mjp\" id=\"stop_mp3j_0\">Stop<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"buttons-wrap-mjp\" id=\"buttons-wrap-mjp_0\">\n<div class=\"mp3j-popout-MI\" id=\"lpp_mp3j_0\">pop out<\/div>\n<div id=\"download_mp3j_0\" class=\"dloadmp3-MI\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mjp-volwrap\">\n<div class=\"MIsliderVolume\" id=\"vol_mp3j_0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"innerExt1\" id=\"innerExt1_0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"innerExt2\" id=\"innerExt2_0\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"Ebetween-mjp\" id=\"Ebetween-mjp_0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"listwrap_mp3j\" id=\"L_mp3j_0\">\n<div class=\"wrapper-mjp\">\n<div class=\"playlist-colour\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper-mjp\">\n<ul class=\"ul-mjp darken1-mjp verdana-mjp med-mjp childNorm-mjp childPlain-mjp left-mjp\" id=\"UL_mp3j_0\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"mp3j_finfo_0\" class=\"mp3j-finfo\">\n<div class=\"mp3j-finfo-sleeve\">\n<div id=\"mp3j_finfo_gif_0\" class=\"mp3j-finfo-gif\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mp3j_finfo_txt_0\" class=\"mp3j-finfo-txt\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mp3j-finfo-close\" id=\"mp3j_finfo_close_0\">X<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mp3j_dlf_0\" class=\"mp3j-dlframe\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mp3j-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Ebelow-mjp\" id=\"Ebelow-mjp_0\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>MP3jPLAYLISTS.MI_0 = [<br \/>\n\t name: &#8220;1. 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We hear about that from Ed Morales, author of <em>Living in Spanglish<\/em>\u00a0and currently a lecturer at Columbia University\u2019s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fair.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DisabilityAccess.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5574292\" src=\"http:\/\/fair.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DisabilityAccess.jpg\" alt=\"Access for people with disabilities (cc photo: Leslie Feinberg)\" width=\"241\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Also on the show: If media couldn&#8217;t use phrases like &#8220;despite big strides, barriers remain,&#8221; it&#8217;s not clear they could even report on the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The legislation made it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities in accommodation, transportation and employment, in order to encourage independent living and economic self-sufficiency. But with only some 20 percent of people with disabilities in the workforce, it&#8217;s very clear that barriers remain&#8211;and less clear that media are really committed to talking about them. Joining us to talk about that is Beth Haller, professor of mass communication at Towson University and author of <em>Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And first, as usual, we take a look back at the week&#8217;s press, including Chinese foreign investment, the Samuel DuBose killing and the US&#8217;s failing grade on human rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;How Hedge and Vulture Funds Have Exploited Puerto Rico\u2019s Debt Crisis,&#8221; by Ed Morales (<strong>The Nation<\/strong>, <a title=\"The Nation: How Hedge and Vulture Funds Have Exploited Puerto Rico\u2019s Debt Crisis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/how-hedge-and-vulture-funds-have-exploited-puerto-ricos-debt-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">7\/21\/15<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Beth Haller: Representing Disability in an Ableist World\" href=\"https:\/\/bethhaller.wordpress.com\/representing-disability-in-an-ableist-world-essays-on-mass-media\/\" target=\"_blank\">Representing Disability in an Ableist\u00a0World: Essays on Mass Media<\/a><\/em>, by Beth Haller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission from <a href=\"http:\/\/fair.org\/home\/ed-morales-on-puerto-rican-debt-crisis-beth-haller-on-disability-rights\/\">FAIR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play Stop pop out X MP3jPLAYLISTS.MI_0 = [ name: &#8220;1. 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