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Rashida Tlaib: “For me, environmental justice is disability justice, and economic justice is disability justice.”

On the recordMay 23, 2022
For me, environmental justice is disability justice, and economic justice is disability justice.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib emphasizes the intersection of environmental and economic justice with disability rights.

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