CW: Segregation Planned residential communities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are often presented as a major improvement. The brochures come in bright colors. The lang…

If you are Black

Learn how to talk to people you disagree with through the lens of Brit Barron's insights on empathy, inclusion, and building bridges without compromising your values.

'Being Black and Disabled is My Superpower' and 'In the Defense of Dignity' are organized by Disability Community for Democracy, Inc.

Government blamed ‘terrorist cells’ after gunmen invaded Woro village in one of country’s deadliest attacks of recent months Gunmen have killed at least 162 people in a village in Kwara state in western Nigeria, a Red Cross official has said, making it one of the deadliest attacks in recent months in the country, which has been plagued by interlinked security crises. Armed gangs – locally known as bandits – who loot villages and kidnap for ransom operate in swathes of the country, while jihadist groups are active in the north-east and north-west. Intercommunal violence is also prevalent in the central states. Continue reading...

While searching the internet for an article, I came across an event that took place three years ago. Ruth’s Table Gallery held an exhibition “The Art of Disability Culture”.  In that exhibition, I lea...

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In February 2016, my friend Barbara King messaged me after a Facebook post caught her eye. That small moment helped highlighted a necessary shift far beyond its humble origins. What I realized long af...

‘Rule by sheer violence,’ Hannah Arendt wrote, ‘comes into play when power is being lost.’ She continued: ‘The...

What does it mean to have to wait for your humanity to be recognized?

Vilissa Thompson on erasure, ableism, and the stories true crime refuses to tell.