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Ableism
Disabled People Cannot Be “Expected Losses” in the Climate Crisis
To tell the story of disability and climate change, we need to focus on structural violence -- not vulnerability.
Aging Isn’t the Problem. Ageism Is.
What will it take for the U.S.'s elders to age with dignity? Activists discuss their work to combat ageism.
Trump’s Rule Attacking Disabled and Low-Income Migrants Has Violent History
The rule uses the same criteria against migrants that was used to keep Black people enslaved.
Trump Administration Wants to Use Social Media to Monitor Disabilities
People with disabilities are right to be worried about the implications of this proposal.
Five Ways to Make Direct Action Organizing Less Ableist
You cannot organize in support of the marginalized, yet exclude disabled people from those spaces.
The Prison Strike Challenges Ableism and Defends Disability Rights
Each of the 10 prison strike demands implicates disability. Let's practice disability solidarity with the strikers.
Human Zoos in the Age of Trump
What everyday horrors of our world will our descendants look back on with disgust in the future?
As Hundreds of Civil Rights Cases Are Dismissed by Education Department, National Groups Take on DeVos
The department's new complaint guidelines are undermining its own obligation to investigate civil rights violations.
To Survive the Trumpocalypse, We Need Wild Disability Justice Dreams
I dream of a movement in which we lead the way.
Why We Need to Stop Calling Trump “Crazy” When We Really Mean “Dangerous”
Rebecca Cokley discusses ableism in reporting on Trump.