David M. Perry

With Dems running the House, the Trump administration is looking for ways to enact its agenda without legislative approval.

After the 2016 election, disability activists say the bar for prospective Democratic nominees has never been higher.

Cars have gotten much safer. Maybe we could start treating firearms the same way?

In his new book, John Warner argues that we can't fix how we teach writing unless we also fix a toxic mode of high school assessment.

The total number of executions is declining, but we're not executing the worst criminals—just the criminals with the worst lawyers.

When we're talking about violent anti-Semitism, studious neutrality is journalistic malpractice.

These policies continue to traumatize and endanger children and teens.

CNN's firing of Marc Lamont Hill highlights the ongoing silencing of pro-Palestinian voices in American life.

The ADA stands as one of Bush's greatest legacies. He didn't do it alone.

The congresswoman-elect connects with young voters, promoting progressive positions while chopping peppers and making noodles.

Princeton University historian Kevin Kruse offers lessons in how to push back against the lies of the far right.

Applied behavioral analysis has left a legacy of traumatized kids. Why is it still the standard of treatment?

Cute, well-intentioned depictions of people with Down syndrome as charismatic megafauna literally dehumanize them.

The latest academic hoax emerges from the same ideological position as the Trump administration's attack on trans rights.

Everytown for Gun Safety is playing into the NRA's hands with its Minnesota campaign.

The National Council on Independent Living is starting to track disabled candidates and train them to run.

The social media profile of a murderer in Kentucky shows ample evidence of racism—so why did the media focus primarily on his schizophrenia?

Sarah Palin used pictures of her son Trig to demean liberals. She's not the only special needs parent to exploit images of her kids.

Conservatives are trying to use #HimToo to defend Kavanaugh and Trump.

America's courts still don't have clear protections for defendants with severe mental illness.

Our choice for attorney general is between a bigot and a possible domestic abuser.

A day with Dave Hutchinson, a veteran police officer running to unseat the anti-immigrant sheriff of Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Author Bruce Schneier warns about the coming hyper-networked world where all your devices are talking to each other.

How comedian Maysoon Zayid is planning to reshape television.

With suicide rising among undiagnosed American depressives, I recognized it was time to admit I needed help.

A new project reveals the extent of preventable deaths in the wake of the 2017 hurricane.

The author (and puppeteer) discusses climate change, discrimination, and how to write science fiction with a happy ending.

In an offhand remark, the embattled comedian implied a correlation between Down syndrome and emotional apathy—and, in the process, he reinforced an old and hateful stereotype.

The real harm against disabled Americans isn't the president's ableist rhetoric; it's his ableist policies.

A cap on ride-sharing companies in New York includes one important caveat: They're welcome to add as many wheelchair-accessible vehicles as they like.

The groups' opposition hinges on Kavanaugh's general distrust of social programs critical to disabled Americans.

Many of this year's nominees highlight environmental degradation and liberation struggles.

A conversation with Rebecca Cokley and Rebecca Vallas.

A conversation with Siva Vaidhyanathan about why social media platforms aren't doing a better job at removing bigotry and misinformation.

Instead of making students memorize facts, we should teach them to ask questions.

Can a disabled former rodeo rider finally take the governor's mansion for the Democrats in South Dakota?

Patients diagnosed with an intellectual disability can often have a hard time getting their doctors to believe them.

A conversation with actor John Ross Bowie about comedy, working-class identity, and how entertainers should use social media.

Can science fiction help American viewers to empathize with occupied peoples?

FEMA and the Red Cross talk a good game, but the disability community is skeptical.

Instead of shaming disabled consumers who rely on straws, let's hold producers of plastic financially responsible for their waste.

Griffith's new novel is a thriller that also helps dismantle the idea that disability is necessarily tragic.

The former Bush ethics lawyer and current Senate hopeful talks about single-payer health care, his beef with the NRA, and why he's running as a Democrat.

How billionaires and college administrators are using their power to silence students.

School officials shouldn't joke about calling the cops on vulnerable children. They should also stop treating non-compliance as criminal.

As in other recent red-state teachers' strikes, the Arizona teachers were agitating not just for raises but for a wholesale improvement of the state's system of education.

Critics argue that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is rotten to its very core.

What the Toronto Killer's online misogyny reveals about the threat from the alt-right.

As #MeToo comes to college campuses, Kelly Baker's work shows just how deeply sexism is embedded in academia.

American conservatives keep attacking left-wing academics for what the right wing is actually doing.