We recently spoke with the Disabled Journalists Association (@discojourno.bsky.social) about climate effects and disaster preparedness. discojourno.com/national/dis...

Woohooo, a panel on reporting on eugenics w/ @infamouslyshort.bsky.social of @discojourno.bsky.social, Ericka Dixon of Transgender Law Center, and me of @motherjones.com is now on @healthjournalism.org's YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2ui...

Today we have an exciting announcement. This Friday, May 29, we are launching our package thanks to the support of Grist. Our focus? The intersection of disability justice and climate justice in the rural US.

New piece from Sonali up now at discojourno.com! #DisabledJournalists #Disability #NIH ID in comments.

Part III of our series in tribute to Alice Wong is up! Read it at discojourno.com/caregiving/g... Image description in comments.

Part II of our tribute to Alice Wong is up now at discojourno.com/caregiving/g.... Artwork by Jennifer White Johnson. ID in comments.

To mark today's celebration of life for the great Alice Wong, we're publishing a series of remembrances from those who knew Alice and were impacted by her lifelong disability justice work. She is forever missed. Read part 1 of our series at discojourno.com/featured-spe... ID in comments.

deadline.com/2026/03/brit... British TV Journalists Of Color Bemoan DEI “Backlash” & Describe “Apartheid Newsrooms”

How One Organization is Honoring Our Disabled Dead By John Loeppky Read it here: discojourno.com/eugenics/how... #Disabled #Journalist #DJA #FeaturedArticle #DisabilityDayOfMourning

We've got a new piece up at discojourno.com, highlighting some key Black Disabled trailblazers for #BlackHistoryMonth. Written by DJA staff members R.L. Nave, Sonali Gupta, John Loeppky, and Sean Kelly. Here's a preview!

Our fourth feature for Black Futures Month is Cara Reedy @discojourno.bsky.social, producer and Founder and Executive Director of Disabled Journalists Association. She describes Black disability liberation as elderhood and enjoying retirement — a place that many ancestors weren’t able to get to.

You’re Invited! February 2026 DJA Community Support Zoom Meeting Thursday, February 26th, 6-8pm ET / 5pm CT / 4pm MT / 3pm PT Link for More Information and to Registration: discojourno.com/event/dja-co...

The Beat Within Their Hearts: Why Disability-led Music is Poised for a Renaissance by Ashley Castillo Read it here: discojourno.com/featured-spe... #Music #GaelynnLea #DisabledMusicians #Journalism

Disability Under Donald Trump’s Second Term — So Far by Sonali Gupta Read it here: discojourno.com/featured-spe... #DisabledJournalists #Disability #Politics

Tonight's the night! Link to register: discojourno.com/event/dja-co... This month’s gathering will include a training session on how media workers can enter into or sustain themselves in the audio production world through a disability-led lens. It will be presented by DJA’s Ariana Martinez.

Five Key Disability Stories to Watch in 2026 Read it here: discojourno.com/featured-spe... #Disabled #Journalist #DJA #2026

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

Analysis: The Atlantic’s ‘Accommodation Nation’ is an Ableist Abomination By John Loeppky Read it here: discojourno.com/featured-spe... #DisabledJournalists #TheAtlantic #Ableism

In light of his mention during yesterday's congressional hearing about the Trump administration's deportations, we're resharing our recent interview with Sae Joon Park. Read the story at discojourno.com/.../he-won-a... #DisabledJournalists #Deported #PTSD #Disability #SaeJoonPark

Free event/professional development session that I am presenting this afternoon!

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

They supposedly ended it by ***checks notes** massacring, raping, and enslaving women and children. But they did it very Christianly.

Today the USA is celebrating Thanksgiving. Some mark the day as the National Day of Mourning. Thanksgiving is a celebration of forced contact & the destruction of Indigenous peoples. Right now, half the world's 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups are facing similar threats.

How Journalists Can Create A Sustainable Freelance Business December 2025 Disabled Journalists Association Community Story Meeting Learn more & register here: tinyurl.com/dja-dec25 #dja #journalist #journalism #DisabledJournalists #freelance #CommunityMeeting

He Won a Purple Heart, Came Back with PTSD — Then Trump Deported Him By Sean Kelly Read it here: discojourno.com/government/h... #Deported #DisabledJournalists #Trump #ICE #PurpleHeart #PTSD

What Exactly is Zohran Mamdani’s Disability Platform? by John Loeppky Image Description: Zohra Mamdani sits alone at a table in an ornate, mostly empty restaurant, resting his head on his hand. discojourno.com/featured-spe...

"We believe that we’ll look back on how Long COVID was covered thirty years from now and see The Sick Times as a key light in the darkness of denial.” Thanks for including @thesicktimes.org among so many great newsletters, @jloeppky.com! discojourno.com/featured-spe...

No Kings Augusta, Maine October 18, 2025

Protesters march through the streets of downtown Dallas, carrying signs and chanting during a No Kings protest. See more coverage: bit.ly/4oM2scr

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

The scene at No Kings in Raleigh, where protesters have been met with a near-constant stream of supportive honks for the last two hours.

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

From today’s No Kings rally in little Williamsburg, VA.

Trump nixes special education agency, lays off staff amid shutdown By John Loeppky New from www.discojourno.com discojourno.com/featured-spe... Image below is of the White House. #News

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Alabama wants to execute a man with intellectual disabilities. Thats unconstitutional, legal advocates say By R.L. Nave New on www.discojourno.com #disabledjournalistsassociation #justice #news

I'm starting to look into how inflammation is being misused by MAHA types in a way that very much distracts from chronic illness-inflammation problems people actually have. If you're an academic, doctor, immunologist etc with thoughts on this, please be in touch at [email protected]

From Wellness Farms to Budget Cuts, How RFK jr.’s Misguided Policies Threaten Disabled People. discojourno.com/eugenics/how...

Tickets for the screening of LIFE AFTER featuring a discussion with the director and me moderated by @juliametraux.bsky.social on 8/10 in SF can be found here: roxie.com/film/life-af...

Fighting for freedom is an American tradition.

I don't think it should be underplayed that groups like @littlelobbyists.com targeted Thom Tillis may have changed his mind on Medicaid cuts, not just that he's going to retire. Disabled kids stories' can have impact on people.

Over 60 percent of people on Medicaid who don't qualify via SSI/SSDI work full-time or part-time. Republican politicians never cite this number. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.

Disabled kids like mine rely on Medicaid to survive; this bill cuts Medicaid. I don't know how else to say that medically complex disabled children will die as a result of this bill.

I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it. Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...

Abandoned ice cream carts, fruit, and taco stands. Trucks with broken windows left in the middle of the streets. It’s the new reality ICE has brought to our beautiful city. This taco stand appears to have been hit last night, 6/27 in South LA by Florence and Gramercy.