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The Radical Life of the Father of the Independent Living Movement
Oct 14, 2025

The Radical Life of the Father of the Independent Living Movement

Even attending university in the 1960s was a revolutionary and complicated process for Ed Roberts, who was paralyzed by polio in his early teens. Now known as the father of the independent living movement, Roberts—faced with many structural hurdles to moving through society—began pushing as a young man to win disabled people the resources to […]

From Medicine to Mysticism: The Radicalization of Florida’s Top Doc
Oct 10, 2025

From Medicine to Mysticism: The Radicalization of Florida’s Top Doc

In early September, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo took the podium at a Tampa news conference to make an unprecedented announcement: He planned to eliminate “all vaccine mandates” in the state, he told the crowd. “Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery.”  “Who am I, as a man standing […]