The Author Remixing Narrative Tropes to Improve Representation in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
In her latest series, Seanan McGuire foregrounds young children who have just returned from magical worlds—and happen to be predominantly girls.
America Keeps Criminalizing Autistic Children
When non-white autistic students get in trouble, schools have a track record of escalating tensions and treating it as a criminal matter.
Calling Us ‘Customers’ Doesn’t Solve the Student Debt Crisis
Far-right orthodoxy on education casts students as customers paying for a service. That rhetoric tricks students into chasing bad options.
How to Save Medicaid Through Direct Action
One disability rights group from Colorado offers a lesson in how to make your representatives listen.
The Fantasy Author Using Humor to Get Serious About Disability and Gender
Jim Hines, who went viral for making gender-swapped book covers, explains how he raises social awareness with his sci-fi.
Why Read a Utopian Novel in 2017?
Science-fiction author and historian Ada Palmer challenges readers to imagine a difficult future in which the world has solved some of its most pressing problems only to create new ones.
Voting While Disabled: Inside the New ACLU Case
A new lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union alleges widespread disability discrimination in New Hampshire's absentee process.
When Disability Is Misdiagnosed as Bad Behavior
There's no one way to look or be disabled. When someone asks for an accommodation, believe them.
The Fight for Disability Rights Must Extend to Death Row
Why didn't more disability rights groups work to stop the execution of Ledell Lee in Arkansas?