By Jesser Horowitz – 1 year ago
[Content warning: This column discusses violence and abuse.] On June 5, 2015, 28-year-old Courtney Liltz, who had cerebral palsy, died nine days after being fed high quantities of prescription and…
By Jesser Horowitz – 1 year ago
The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. Most Vassar students reading this are likely familiar with this fact. It’s very frequently thrown around…
By Jesser Horowitz – 1 year ago
[Content warning: This article makes references to gun violence.] Sunday night, as the nation slept, Stephen Craig Paddock entered the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in…
By Jesser Horowitz – 1 year ago
Never in my life have I met a differently abled person. Despite running a disability rights group and attending a training session on disability rights activism in Washington D.C. and…
By Jesser Horowitz – 1 year ago
The past few weeks have been somewhat confusing for me as a longtime critic of Donald Trump. In the early days of September, Trump announced a decision to terminate Deferred…
By Jesser Horowitz – 2 years ago
n 1990, Republican President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. The legislation prohibited discrimination against disabled people in all areas of public life.…
By Jesser Horowitz – 2 years ago
It should not come as a surprise that the left has an issue with anti-Semitism among its ranks, and considering the extent to which I’ve written about this issue leading…
By Jesser Horowitz – 2 years ago
Under normal conditions, a Democratic primary for the New York City Council would not attract much attention. Yet, Thomas Lopez-Pierre, who is running against incumbent Councilman Mark Levine, has recently…
By Jesser Horowitz – 2 years ago
I f the situation for leftists in the United States appears dire in the age of Trump, it pales in comparison to that of the fledgling Labour Party in the…
By Jesser Horowitz – 2 years ago
As it’s Autism Awareness Month, the following space shall serve as a memorial to those within the autistic community who have lost their lives to ableist violence. You may be…
