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Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: Harm Reduction, Not Judgment

Mad in America

A s we look back on the year and the decade, lets celebrate millions of people advocating for better outcomes in mental health care. Together, we have created a movement that rejects coercion, force, and pharmaceutical propaganda and embraces informed consent, individual choice, and alternative ways to deal with distress. Through mutual aid, weve challenged medical misinformation, built peer support forums and groups, and shared learning and experience from a harm reduction perspective.

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How To Break Up With a Freelance Client Without Burning a Bridge

Success

Freelancers often hear advice about landing clients and keeping them happy, but what about when the relationship has run its course? Maybe the work isnt aligned with your goals anymore. Maybe the pay doesnt match the effort. Or maybe the client insists on 2 a.m. emails titled URGENT!!!! when its not. Whatever the reason, parting ways with a client can feel like walking a tightrope between professionalism and self-preservation.

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Did you get a 1099-K? New IRS rules will impact millions of gig workers and freelancers

Work Life

Somewhere between 25% and 35% of working Americans are gig workerseither as a supplement to their primary income or as their full-time job. And for many gig economy workers, cash apps and marketplaces offer a simple and convenient way to receive payments. Enter the IRS form 1099-K. Third-party payment apps have to issue a 1099-K form to taxpayers who make more than a certain earnings thresholda threshold which the IRS significantly lowered for the 2024 tax year.

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Is free will freeing? Here’s why the freedom of choice is a trap in the modern era

Work Life

Sophia Rosenfeld is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at the University of Pennsylvania. Her previous books include the award-winning title Common Sense: A Political History. Her writing has appeared in scholarly journals, such as the American Historical Review and the Journal of Modern History, as well as in media publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Nation.