The average length of time served by federal inmates more than doubled from 1988 to 2012, rising from 17.9 to 37.5 months.1 Across all six major categories of federal crime—violent, property, drug, public order, weapon, and immigration...
* With 95% confidence intervals indicated with error bars. † Emotional or behavioral difficulties of children were based on parents' responses to the following question: "Overall, do you think that (child) has any difficulties in one or...
Governor Steve Beshear, Democrat of Kentucky, only has two weeks left in office, but he’s determined to go out with a bang. Beshear announced today that he is issuing an executive order restoring voting rights for nonviolent...
The U.S. may be bursting with wealth, but it's also the most unequal among advanced economies , with three-fourths of the country's wealth under the control of the richest 10%. [For more go to https://www.upworthy.com/a-map...ast-a-quadruple-take ]
For too long, we’ve taken gratitude for granted. Yes, “thank you” is an essential, everyday part of family dinners, trips to the store, business deals, and political negotiations. That might be why so many people have...
The past decade or so has seen the rise of a new formula for urban economic growth and development. While having a solid business climate that attracts companies and jobs remains important, it is also necessary to cultivate a vibrant, exciting...
This is a free training resource designed to give anyone who works with children important trauma-focused information about how student learning and behavior is impacted by trauma and how educators and support staff can help students develop a greater...
I have written about and spoke about Dr. John Gottman's research before. It is solid, and has served as, in part, a model for the assessment I envision for the Restoration to Health Model I have been working on for years. I am also inspired by Dr....
As too many people know only too well, mental health is a world of unmet needs and untold suffering. Society’s ability to identify and treat emotional ailments and addiction is painfully inadequate. Families, left to themselves, struggle...
Mayor de Blasio’s eyes welled with tears on Monday during an announcement of a major mental-health initiative as he spoke of the addiction challenges faced by both his late father and college-age daughter. Although he has been open about...
Somehow we're squeezing 16 people into our apartment for Thanksgiving this year, with relatives ranging in age from my 30-year-old nephew to my 90-year-old mother. I love them all, but in a way the one I know best is the middle-aged man across...
his brief highlights the importance of normalcy to the overall healthy development of young people in foster care; how young people view normalcy and foster care — what they wish for, the barriers they face and their recommendations;...
The neighborhood with the most concentrated poverty in America has Victorian-style homes with big porches, immaculate public parks, and tree-lined streets where children play. But some of the homes are crumbling or abandoned, and the parks are...
Principal Sharon Clark stepped into her football team’s weight room with a fearless stride. Boys in muscle shirts scattered about, the pungent bouquet of teen sweat clinging to the walls—this place signified male sanctuary like no...
Ioane Teitiota could have been the world’s first official climate change refugee . The subsistence fisherman re-located from the low-lying Pacific island of Kiribati to New Zealand in 2007, purportedly to escape the effects of climate...