For Disability Pride Month, Catholics should revisit our anti-eugenics history

For Disability Pride Month, Catholics should revisit our anti-eugenics history

During Disability Pride Month this July, there has never been a more important time to discuss how disabled people’s rights are under attack — from access to services in community, to marriage, to vital, life-saving healthcare. Especially with the Department of Justice’s latest memo arguing for states’ rights to lessen restrictions on institutionalizing people with disabilities, the Trump…

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Caribbean Up-And-Comer of the Month: Ayetian Is Shaking Up Dancehall by Blending His Haitian & Jamaican Roots

Caribbean Up-And-Comer of the Month: Ayetian Is Shaking Up Dancehall by Blending His Haitian & Jamaican Roots

Last year, Ayetian solidified himself as one of Jamaica’s most promising rising dancehall stars with a trio of smashes, including “Tip,” “Balance” and “Wah Yo Deh Pan,” helping him earn 22.9 million official on-demand U.S. streams in 2025, according to Luminate. Now, the Montego Bay-hailing artist, 21, is doubling down with a whopping seven nominations…

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Black- and Queer-Founded WerQfest Returns to St. Louis for Seventh Year, Unofficially Extending Pride Month: ‘Our Queer Ancestors’ Wildest Dream!’

Black- and Queer-Founded WerQfest Returns to St. Louis for Seventh Year, Unofficially Extending Pride Month: ‘Our Queer Ancestors’ Wildest Dream!’

If the July 3 release of Confessions II didn’t make it clear enough, Pride Month isn’t over yet! And the place to be this weekend is St. Louis, Mo. On Saturday (July 11), WerQfest returns to The Atomic Pavilion by Jamo for its seventh year, headlined by RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17 winner Onya Nurve…

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A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One

A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One

Reporting Highlights Changing Oversight: U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy previously ran an aerial firefighting company. After joining Congress, he proposed ending Forest Service inspections of those aircraft.  Failed Inspection: The same month a draft of his plan to end Forest Service inspections leaked, an aircraft at his former company failed an inspection because of a crack…

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