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fromdzone.com
5 days ago

Agile Manifesto: The Reformation That Became the Church

In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door to protest the sale of salvation. The Catholic Church had turned faith into a transaction: Pay for indulgences, reduce your time in purgatory. Luther's message was plain: You could be saved through faith alone, you didn't need the church to interpret scripture for you, and every believer could approach God directly.
Philosophy
US politics
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

Disability Justice Organizers Are Creating the Liberatory Future We All Deserve

Trump's second-term policies and rhetoric have rolled back disability protections, cut supports, promoted institutionalization, and worsened public-health harms for disabled people.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Mental Health Matters, People with Mental Illness Matter Too

People with serious mental illness are often stigmatized and unfairly feared despite low rates of violence; compassionate, evidence-based treatment and inclusion are needed.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

You Don't Need Anyone's Permission to Flourish

Institutional systems condition individuals to seek gatekeeper approval, creating a false permission dependency that obscures alternative paths to human flourishing.
US politics
fromThe Nation
4 months ago

The Homelessness Crisis Under Trump Will Only Get Worse

An executive order frames homelessness and substance use as 'disorder' and proposes shifting unhoused people into long-term institutional settings to restore public order.
NYC parents
fromwww.amny.com
8 months ago

Never go back!' Hundreds united on Staten Island for 50-year celebration of Willowbrook State School closure decree | amNewYork

The closure of Willowbrook State School marks a pivotal moment for the rights of people with disabilities.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

The United States is witnessing the return of psychiatric imprisonment | Jordyn Jensen

The revival of institutionalization disguises state control as modern mental health care, targeting marginalized communities under the pretext of treatment.
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