Social Issues

How therapy became a hobby of the wealthy, out of reach for those in need
Therapists are in such demand they can bypass insurance companies, so the wealthy are more likely to get treated. A historian explains how this came to be the norm in the U.S. health care system."
Transgender troops can now serve openly, Pentagon says
"Transgender Americans may serve openly, and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military just for being transgender," Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told reporters.
Tom Weber talked with Brooklyn-based artist Quito Ziegler, the author and photographer of a piece featured this week on the New York Times Lens blog, "Why We Dance: Photos from the 'Radical Queer Underground.'"