Eric Garcia
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Elon Musk is locking Twitter's disabled users out of his 'town square'
Sen. Ed Markey is right to call out Musk for making Twitter less accessible for disabled users. → Read More
Pennsylvania's Senator-elect John Fetterman has a lesson for journalists
John Fetterman joins a Democratic Senate still recovering from a stroke, which requires accommodations from journalists who wish to fairly cover Congress. → Read More
What defenders of Herschel Walker and Ye get wrong about mental illness
Herschel Walker blames his past violence toward women on his mental health struggles. Ye's supporters have cited his mental illness to deflect criticism. → Read More
Biden declaring the pandemic over disregards the danger disabled Americans face
Biden's administration has shown how easily it is willing to view people with disabilities as pesky asterisks. → Read More
Lindsey Graham's abortion ban is a challenge to Mitch McConnell's 'Grim Reaper' rep
McConnell was perhaps the most prominent member of the conservative elite who enabled Trumpism. → Read More
How is autism in politics changing? Look at these two New York races.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney has previously suggested vaccines may cause autism, while Yuh-Line Niou runs to become the first openly autistic member of Congress. → Read More
Kamala Harris accommodating disabled people provokes GOP attack
Republicans attacked the vice president's language on the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. → Read More
How this Supreme Court is setting back disability rights — without even trying
The disability rights community is hesitant to bring cases before the Supreme Court because the conservative majority is hostile to disability issues. → Read More
Criticized for an offensive lyric, Lizzo sets a standard for how to apologize
Lizzo apologized for using the word "spaz," an offensive term to people with disabilities, in her song "GRRRLS" and promised to re-record the song without it. → Read More
The Special Olympics blew its chance to stand up to America's biggest bully
Who will stand up to the Florida governor's bullying? → Read More
Covid is making more people disabled and exposing America's tattered safety net
America’s safety net is already strained, but Washington has shown little interest in strengthening it. → Read More
Peter Dinklage is not the only one angered by Disney's new "Snow White"
Peter Dinklage, an actor with dwarfism, expressed anger at Disney's new "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," which he called "backward." → Read More
How heavy metal music helps me understand Trump supporters
A 'Lord of the Rings' tweet from Norwegian black metal singer Varg Vikernes highlighted the links between white supremacy and the far-right. → Read More
Biden and CDC's Covid-19 variant guidelines have disabled people feeling left for dead
Biden's Covid policies have left millions of Americans once again feeling abandoned and demoralized. → Read More
Tracing America's Covid vaccine conspiracies to autism fearmongering
The anti-vaccine movement has melded with true anti-democratic extremists. But its roots can be traced to men like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and autism falsehoods. → Read More
Sidewalk seating is good for restaurants. It’s a challenge for disabled people.
Restaurants had to change in order to survive, but they didn’t take everyone into account. → Read More
Boehner gets zero credit for criticizing Trump. He just voted for him!
GOP leaders aren’t helping if they cast ballots for a man they consider unethical. → Read More
Why did Latino men shift toward Trump in 2020? I looked to my dad for answers.
Latinos — especially Latino men — are moving to the right. Here’s how Democrats can win them back. → Read More
GOP women have to run further to the right than men do
They have to self-radicalize to keep up. → Read More
Trump’s attack on Hunter Biden will only increase the stigma of addiction
Mocking people for their addiction will make them less willing to get help. → Read More