A journalist describes how she learned to break away from right-wing Christianity, and how she copes with the resulting breach with her family.

Massachusetts residents: call on Governor Baker to sign the abortion access bill.

* Officials at the DHS’s office of inspector general said their attempts to inform Congress [about deleted text messages] in April were thwarted [by its leaders].*

*Election lies [and therefore the Republican Party that encourages those lies] pose physical threat to US poll workers, House report warns.*

Coercive control (among individuals) is based on threats to cause pain. Often these involve physical violence, but it takes different forms from violence in other contexts.