When Healing Is Called Harm: What the Fight Over the Voting Rights Act Reveals About Collective Trauma

When Healing Is Called Harm: What the Fight Over the Voting Rights Act Reveals About Collective Trauma

When Healing Is Called Harm: What the Fight Over the Voting Rights Act Reveals About Collective TraumaMary Coughlin
Published on: 10/10/2025

A trauma-informed reflection on Louisiana v. Callais — how America’s fight over voting rights reveals unhealed collective trauma.

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The Power of Secrecy: Why the Epstein Files Still Haunt Us

The Power of Secrecy: Why the Epstein Files Still Haunt Us

The Power of Secrecy: Why the Epstein Files Still Haunt UsMary Coughlin
Published on: 08/10/2025

As talk of a Maxwell pardon surfaces, secrecy again shields power. A trauma-informed call for transparency, justice, and survivor-centered truth.

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When Cruelty Becomes the Point

When Cruelty Becomes the Point

When Cruelty Becomes the PointMary Coughlin
Published on: 07/10/2025

A trauma-informed response to the Chicago ICE raid — where cruelty isn’t a failure of policy, but its purpose. Care must be our counterpoint.

activismSafetycouragereimaginejustice
When the System Shuts Down: A Trauma-Informed Reckoning

When the System Shuts Down: A Trauma-Informed Reckoning

When the System Shuts Down: A Trauma-Informed ReckoningMary Coughlin
Published on: 06/10/2025

Explore the human and trauma-informed impact of the 2025 government shutdown — who is harmed, who is responsible, and how we can repair trust.

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