Disability Futures
We can’t think about the future-of health, of technology, of community-without centering disability; it cuts across every other kind of experience. Disability is central to all of our lives.
Fowl Plague
Pandemics have threatened humanity in the past–and avian influenza may well be the next one due.
Postcards From a Supply Chain
A series that traces consumer goods back through the global shipping system to their source.
Beats: Disability
“Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.
Beats: Health
Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.
Tackling the Problems of Digital Waste With Digital Tech
The Baidu Recycle app aims to avert some of the worst effects of the trade in electronic waste.
A Pilgrim’s Progress Bar
For Muslims currently living in the U.S., the idea of undertaking a pilgrimage to Mecca has become a freshly perilous one. In recent years, an affordable and accessible solution has surfaced–the virtual pilgrimage.