At a conservative center for women leaders, interns told stories about their lives. One said a male classmate told her, “I don’t know if women should be lawyers.” (Yee, The New York Times)
Read MoreMental-health professionals are supposed to keep their personal experiences, values and opinions out of the therapy room. Yet in a culture sharply divided along political and personal identity lines, more appear to be falling short, experts say. (Bernstein, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe study, based on nationally representative data of U.S. adults, found that more than 9 percent of the men — or almost 1 in 10 — reported symptoms of cannabis use disorder in 2024, up from about 7 percent in 2021. The prevalence of cannabis use disorder also rose among women, increasing to nearly 6 percent in 2024, up from about 5 percent in 2021. (Rabin, The New York Times)
Read MoreAlthough the league’s collective bargaining agreement says the WNBA is restricted to women, it contains no more specific language about gender identity or sex assigned at birth. When they announced their intention to enter the draft, Freedom and White said they identified as women. (Feinberg, AP News)
Read MoreReligion became a point of contention on Monday in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother charged with murder in the strangling deaths of her three young children. For the second time since the trial opened last month, a reference to “mortal sin,” a concept that is part of the Catholic faith, incensed the judge, who sternly instructed jurors to disregard any references to it. (Spoto & Fortin, The New York Times)
Read MoreCaroline Goldman, a child psychologist, says modern tactics are potentially harmful for families — and those sitting near them in restaurants. This departure from the traditional Gallic approach has, to say the least, upset the status quo as France increasingly turns to adults-only spaces. (O’Neil, The Times)
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