Protest against police brutality following the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd and the hands of police in Lower Manhattan – New York City, May 29, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Nancy Dillon, NY Daily News Minneapolis city officials agreed Friday to ban all police chokeholds and neck restraints and require nearby officers to intervene if such […]
By Janet Howard, 311bankruptcy.com Derek and his wife were doing pretty good: two-family house with a mortgage, two vehicles, two credit cards, decent jobs, two kids in college. Then the pandemic hit, and his wife, Joyce, lost her supervisor job at a hotel in Manhattan. Suddenly, they were no longer doing pretty good. Derek still […]
This was my moment of clarity. I needed to leave my marriage.
By Elle Silver, Medium I realized I no longer wanted to be married to my husband while having sex with him. He was on top of me and his body just felt so heavy. For years, I’d shouldered his weight. Now I was literally being crushed by it. With each thrust, he seemed to push […]
By Nicki Koziarz, Cross Cards “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10 (NIV) If I’ve learned anything about hard seasons, it’s that they can make you feel like life has been completely drained out of you. There’s a […]