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By Lennard J. Davis | Trying to find a moment when the ADA began is like trying to find the source of the Nile or the Amazon. So many tributaries flow into the making of the ADA that you cannot say if...

Disability advocates are suing after the Trump White House abruptly stopped including sign language interpreters at press briefings and other events.

Sons and daughters get to find out the one thing they've always wanted to know about their father.

Columbia Alumni for Academic Freedom Columbia alumni, join us in defending academic freedom by signing the letter below. Columbia University Alumni Statement on Academic Freedom “There is a certain en...

Consider social class a protected characteristic and remove financial barriers to make HE accessible to white, working-class men, writes Mark Butterick

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Rachel Handlin is possibly the first person with Down syndrome to receive an M.F.A., and one of just a few to hold a bachelor’s. Her first solo show features her portraits of others like her.

The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.

Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing classes like Sociology from core requirements.

Even though her most famous work, ‘Bastard out of Carolina,’ deals with physical and sexual abuse, this merely constitutes one element of a broader emotional and physical landscape.

Even though her most famous work, ‘Bastard out of Carolina,’ deals with physical and sexual abuse, this merely constitutes one element of a broader emotional and physical landscape.

This special program in the Guggenheim’s rotunda celebrates the artistry of poetry: written, spoken, and signed.

TIE's latest preview of forthcoming titles features soon-to-be-released publications on poverty studies through 2025.

The Supreme Court is largely to blame for the challenges it may face over the next four years.

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There’s a hollow core at the center of J.D. Vance’s origin story — his claim in Hillbilly Elegy that he “grew up poor.”

It happens in journalism and it happens in the arts. But in Congress – where just 2% of representatives held blue-collar or service-industry jobs before entering politics – it’s rampant.

It happens in journalism and it happens in the arts. But in Congress – where just 2% of representatives held blue-collar or service-industry jobs before entering politics – it’s rampant.

As war rages in Gaza, the scholar and activist’s words feel prescient. That’s because so little has changed

Memory lapses at any age are surprisingly normal and for most people, aren’t a signal of mental decline.