Since the Nixon era, Congress has funded free legal aid for those with low incomes. In 1974, it created a nonprofit, the Legal Services Corporation, to channel federal funding to local legal aid ...

ST. LOUIS — When the mother of a child with special needs watched helplessly as that child’s disability benefits were severed upon the child’s 18th birthday, and she couldn’t afford an attorney, Land ...

Adrian Tirtanadi, the head of Open Door Legal, rallies at City Hall on Wednesday, June 11, against cuts to general civil legal aid. Photo by Marina Newman. Adrian Tirtanadi, the co-founder of Open ...