‘Mental health care is health care’

‘Pilots shouldn’t be grounded for seeking mental health care’

For “decades, aviators have had minimal access to mental health care generally,” says Illinois Rep. Sean Casten (D). Those ”who have sought care have often been grounded for extended periods of time,” and this has “served only to prevent people from seeking or receiving the care they need.” Pilots and “air traffic controllers who seek mental health care are unfairly penalized,” and “aspiring pilots shouldn’t have to choose between their job and their necessary health care.”

‘Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique.’

Rhetoric “equating Israel with all Jews and Israel’s future with theirs is an effort to sanctify Israel and shield it from criticism by brandishing the charge of antisemitism,” sa