Accessibility

Human Terms exists to make the biggest story of our time understandable to everyone. That has to include everyone.

We aim for WCAG 2.1 Level AA across this site and the content we publish, and plain language is not just a compliance line for us: it is the entire product.

What we do

• Color and contrast: our palette is contrast-checked in both light and dark themes; text meets or exceeds the AA ratios, and charts never rely on color alone (every bar carries its label and value as real text).
• Keyboard: every interactive element is reachable and usable by keyboard, with a visible focus indicator and a skip-to-content link on every page. The issue archive can be browsed with arrow keys.
• Motion: every animation on the site respects your system's reduced-motion setting and degrades to a static final state. Nothing meaningful is conveyed by motion alone.
• Structure: pages use semantic landmarks and heading order, so screen readers can navigate by section.
• Images and charts: published images carry descriptive alt text; in-page charts are built from real text, readable by assistive technology.
• Video: our short videos are built text-first: every spoken line appears on screen as large-type captions, and every caption is also spoken, so they work with sound off or eyes-free.
• Plain language: every technical term is explained in the sentence that uses it. That is the newsletter's founding rule.

Known limitations

• The email signup form is provided by Beehiiv, a third-party service, inside a frame. We have configured it for contrast and labeled it, but its internals are not ours to fix. If it gives you trouble, you can subscribe by emailing us instead (below).
• Emailed issues render differently across email apps; the web version of every issue on this site is the fully accessible reference copy.

Found a problem?

Tell us and we will fix it. Reply to any Human Terms email, or write to robert@humanterms.ai. Accessibility reports go to the top of the pile.

Statement last reviewed: July 15, 2026