When Democracy Bleeds: A Trauma-Informed Reckoning

When Democracy Bleeds: A Trauma-Informed Reckoning

When Democracy Bleeds: A Trauma-Informed ReckoningMary Coughlin
Published on: 16/06/2025

A trauma-informed reckoning with political violence in Minnesota, exposing the cost of authoritarian leadership—and why care is the most radical response.

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Making the Marketplaces Great Again?

Making the Marketplaces Great Again?

Making the Marketplaces Great Again?Mary Coughlin
Published on: 13/06/2025

A searing, trauma-informed response to the GOP’s quiet dismantling of the ACA Marketplaces—why millions, including MAGA voters, may lose coverage, and why we must speak out now.

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From Homeland Security to Human Abduction: The Line Has Been Crossed

From Homeland Security to Human Abduction: The Line Has Been Crossed

From Homeland Security to Human Abduction: The Line Has Been CrossedMary Coughlin
Published on: 13/06/2025

A bold trauma-informed response to the detainment of Senator Alex Padilla and the authoritarian threats facing U.S. democracy. This is a call to truth, resistance, and collective protection.

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When We Know Better, We Must Do Better: From the NICU to the Nation

When We Know Better, We Must Do Better: From the NICU to the Nation

When We Know Better, We Must Do Better: From the NICU to the NationMary Coughlin
Published on: 13/06/2025

This gut-punching post explores how our silence—whether at the NICU bedside or in the face of democratic collapse—can become complicity, and why collective dissociation is a trauma response we must now disrupt with courage, connection, and care.

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