I put off watching the new Netflix documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. As a disability rights colleague commented on my Facebook page, “Sometimes, when a film is loudly touted as ‘it’s ...

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According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in four adults in the United States, 61 million people, live with a disability. Those include people with mobility, cognition, independent living, ...

Serena Williams has been catching some heat on social media following her appearance at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday night. While Kendrick Lamar headlined the event, Williams put in a cameo ...

When Serena Williams won the 2012 Summer Olympics tennis tournament against Maria Sharapova 6-0 6-1, she did a victory dance. But it was not just any victory dance. It was the Crip Walk.

On Tuesday, Barack and Michelle Obama announced that they’ve signed a deal with Netflix to release seven films through the Obamas' new production company, Higher Ground. The Obamas launched Higher ...

It has been two months since Kendrick Lamar delivered one of the most iconic and shadiest Super Bowl performances, which had folks talking for weeks and crowned him the winner of his rap beef with ...

Today it would be unthinkable to nickname a summer getaway for children with disabilities “Crip Camp.” Yet that was the nickname given to Camp Jened, a summer camp for children, teens and adults with ...