
The Future of Design Is Designing for Disability The Future of Design Is Designing for Disability
Accessibility should not be a grudging afterthought. With planning, it can lead to elegant, beautiful, and engaging art.
Aug 1, 2023 / s.e. smith

When Death Is the Best Choice, Is It a Choice at All? When Death Is the Best Choice, Is It a Choice at All?
Disabled Canadians need support, but without proper government funding, voluntary death through MAID may be their only option.
Jun 27, 2023 / Feature / Nora Loreto

We Need a New Body Politics We Need a New Body Politics
Our new special issue is about one thing: defending the right of everyone to be able to do what he or she or they want with their own body, free from political constraint.
Jun 23, 2023 / Emily Douglas, Regina Mahone for The Nation

Can Americans Really Make a Free Choice About Dying? Can Americans Really Make a Free Choice About Dying?
In a country that treats disabled people like expensive burdens and that teaches people to hate and fear disabilities, activists argue that true bodily autonomy is not possible.
May 31, 2023 / Feature / Sara Luterman

“Work Until You Die” Is Not a Retirement Plan “Work Until You Die” Is Not a Retirement Plan
For Judith Heumann, and countless people with disabilities, “work until you die” was the only option. It’s past time to change that.
Mar 10, 2023 / Rebecca Cokley

Why Disability Justice Is Crucial for Liberation Why Disability Justice Is Crucial for Liberation
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, author of The Future Is Disabled, explains how disabled wisdom can help us all fight fascism and climate change.
Feb 10, 2023 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

Was This Professor Fired for Having Tourette Syndrome? Was This Professor Fired for Having Tourette Syndrome?
We want to ensure harassment-free climates in schools and workplaces, and we want to protect the rights of people with disabilities. What happens when these imperatives collide?
Nov 15, 2022 / Feature / Barry Yeoman

Meet Sandy Morris, the ALS Heroine Hardly Anybody Knows Meet Sandy Morris, the ALS Heroine Hardly Anybody Knows
Anthony Fauci understood that making people like Sandy who are living with a disease part of the research process leads to better science. But the rest of the NIH still hasn’t gott...
Sep 1, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives
With the government refusing to make medicine and medical equipment accessible, sick, and disabled people have to rely on each other for support.
Aug 26, 2022 / First Person / Nolan Trowe

The Supreme Court Has Just Invented a New Way to Harass Vulnerable People The Supreme Court Has Just Invented a New Way to Harass Vulnerable People
In a landmark ruling, the six conservatives ruled to limit people’s ability to recover damages after they’ve faced discrimination—thus making it easier to discriminate.
Apr 29, 2022 / Elie Mystal