stigma
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It is a genuinely good thing that elected officials can speak openly about mental health challenges and get treatment without stigma.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026
Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally apologised for the "pain, trauma and stigma" caused to those affected, saying there was deep shame it had happened to people "in the care of Christian communities".
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
Burnham’s ascendance is the latest sign that the stigma that once surrounded state ownership of the economy is fading.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Contending with stigma and misinformation has been a constant struggle for people who are HIV-positive, he said, a struggle that Zaldivar hopes to make more visible now than it has been in previous decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
He wanted to learn the true meaning of blackness and thereby conquer the stigma; anthropology intrigued him as the study of where humankind began.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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