Today, the privilege to practice “good mental health” has become a way to resegregate white people from the historically marginalized communities that disproportionately experience “poor mental health.”
Originals
2024 in Review: Best Student Newspaper Coverage on Disability
I break down the best of student newspaper coverage of disability from last year. The University of Michigan had the best disability coverage of 2024.
What the media gets wrong about houselessness, mental illness, and crime
Reagan-era policies of welfare retrenchment and the War on Drugs targeted a different generation of primarily young Black men to fill the void left after one carceral system (the asylum) closed down and another (prisons and jails) expanded.
Princeton Students do Artwashing for Boston Dynamics’ Killer Robot
I find this mix of marketing and education exercise to be highly unsettling and even exploitative for an undergraduate course.
2023 Report on disability in higher education (summary)
Between March 2022 and June 2023, I surveyed the top universities and asked students about their campuses.
Best of 2023 disability coverage at liberal arts colleges
A review of the best disability coverage in liberal arts college newspapers from 2023.
