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  • s.e. smith

    s.e. smith is a writer, editor, and agitator from Northern California. smith works as the deputy opinion editor at The Daily Dot and the social justice editor at xoJane, with writing credits in publications like The Guardian, Bitch Magazine, AlterNet, Nerve, and Time.

    Latest articles by s.e. smith

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    Why is so much of the internet still inaccessible to disabled people?

    opinion Twenty-five years after the Americans with Disabilities Act, the disabled community still can't get online

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      American child care has a slumlord problem

      The Explainer Federal dollars alone can't run decrepit, dangerous child-care centers out of business

      By s.e. smith Last updated 6 February 15

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    • Ebola

      What Ebola can teach us about a new bubonic plague outbreak in Africa

      feature Both outbreaks are unusual, just not for the reasons people may think

      By s.e. smith Last updated 8 January 15

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