Cynthia Slater (1945–1989) was a transformative figure in queer history, pioneering the integration of women and safer sex education into the BDSM and leather communities. In 1974, she co-founded the Society of Janus in San Francisco, one of the...
Financial abuse is a pervasive form of domestic violence where an individual exerts power by controlling a partner’s access to economic resources. Them.us reports that this tactic is often used to create dependency, making it difficult for survivors to...
Last month, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an historic executive order establishing the city’s first-ever Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs. To lead the new department, Mamdani appointed Taylor Brown, a prominent civil rights attorney formerly with the...
An article published by Yahoo News examines growing scrutiny surrounding Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News host and U.S. Army veteran, and now Secretary of Defense. The focus centers on Hegseth’s ties to Christian dominionism and his public rhetoric...
Mother Jones reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has moved to restrict the editorial independence of Stars and Stripes, the century-old, military-funded newspaper. Traditionally protected by Congress to ensure a free press for service members, the publication now faces...
In a Religion News Service commentary, Karen Clifton of the Catholic Mobilizing Network argues against the "throw-away-the-key" mentality prevalent in the American criminal justice system. Drawing on Catholic social teaching and the ministry of Jesus, Clifton asserts that no...
