Alice Wong is a disabled activist, writer, and editor. She’s also the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-First Century. Her memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s
Dear Reader, As an able-bodied person, it would be easy for me to move through life mostly oblivious to just how difficult this world can be for people with disabilities.
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To reach its full potential, the immigrants’ rights movement needs to reject anti-Blackness and build a coalition as diverse as the people who comprise it.
A tribal college internship aims to train the next generation of stewards for a recovering prairie ecosystem—its land, animals, and people.
In 2022, Michigan enshrined abortion in its state constitution. Now, activists want to expand access for young people by repealing parental consent laws.
Some educators are using their institutional positions to help create safe spaces for student activism and challenge policies that restrict free speech.
Beaten, doxxed, threatened, arrested, and suspended, college students learned from past movements to put their bodies on the line for Gaza.
A new documentary chronicles efforts to keep rap lyrics from being used by prosecutors, combatting a long-standing trend of criminalizing this particular art form.
Leaning into lineages of resilience and care can be a balm for election-related anxiety for LGBTQ people—and everyone.
As a historian and hairstylist, the owner of community salon Rizo Libre wants her services to go far beyond hair.
Emily Raboteau’s latest book is a meditation on how we can more clearly see and care for all we hold dear.
This Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, let’s celebrate anti-war organizers.
A paradigm shift for our economy begins when we name and see the anti-democratic bias that lies at the heart of our capital-centric system.
As volunteer collectives bring Mexico to the forefront of abortion access, they have also prioritized emotional wellness.
Regional waste-reduction programs hold lessons for communities across the globe.
A two-step card check process is efficient, making it easier for workers to unionize with a simple majority.
For immigrants navigating loss from afar, support can come from community, new rituals, and better policies.
Domestic violence isn’t funny. But Alexia Casale’s debut novel finds humor in survivors taking matters into their own hands.
Children are more likely to survive when treated by pediatric specialists than those trained to treat adults; but there’s a shortage of these specialists in California and nationwide.
British Columbia affirms Indigenous ownership of the 200 islands the Haida have stewarded for millennia, marking a new path toward reconciliation.
Making motherhood accessible for all requires moving away from punitive models—including foster care—that criminalize poverty.
A photographer’s connections with eight Indigenous women have helped her come to terms with her own Native ancestry and colonial trauma.
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