Last night, in a kickoff event for Education Week, several hundred people crowded into the fabulous Tishman Auditorium at the New School in New York City to watch Paper Tigers , a documentary that follows six students during a school year at...
Area resident Carlos Garcia is an Army veteran who served with the 47th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq, but in recent years he has exhibited a different form of bravery. Garcia experienced a rough return to civilian...
When terrorists strike, as they did in Paris in a coordinated attack orchestrated by the Islamic State that left at least 128 people dead , the events are felt around the world as images and video of the aftermath pour through mass...
In the wake of the hanging death of Sandra Bland and other recent suicides, the state agency that oversees jails is issuing a new inmate intake form so jailers will ask more specific, direct questions when booking people....
Passive House designers are the Fremen of the architectural world. They look at buildings the same way that Dune’s noble desert tribe thinks about water. For the Fremen, the stillsuit is an essential tool for...
Americans are well aware of the growing economic inequality playing out in major U.S. cities. So you can forgive them for assuming that things are always much better in European cities, with their larger welfare states and long histories of...
The first time I can remember seeing an Indian woman on my television in something other than the Bollywood movies I watched with my cousin was when I was 10-years-old and my family rented Bend It Like Beckham from Blockbuster. Then,...
Nancy Markham’s instinct was to call the police when she was attacked in her home. That’s exactly what the single mother of two from Surprise, Arizona, did when her ex-boyfriend allegedly choked her, punched her, or threatened...
Research shows that families are essential to a child’s healthy development — and that even children who cannot live with their own parents because of abuse and neglect can develop nurturing, beneficial relationships with relatives,...
Heather Forkey likes to talk about tigers; Nadine Burke Harris favors a bear analogy. Either one provides a dramatic and readily understandable way for these two pediatricians to make a point: When our ancestors encountered a wild animal in the...
Racial tension has recently erupted into bitter conflict at several major universities, including Yale and the University of Missouri . While specific grievances vary, the protests are rooted in the deeply held belief...
Since its publication in the 1980s, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study has resulted in more than 50 follow-up studies suggesting that individuals who experience certain ACEs are more likely than their peers to have various health...
“I never get angry,” says a character in one of Woody Allen’s movies. “I grow a tumor instead.” Much more scientific truth is captured in that droll remark than many doctors would recognize. Mainstream medical...
Hi guys, As part of an initiative with an aim of helping prevent the spread of ACEs and building resilience through the use of technology (online, tablets and smartphones), called Resix.io , I have been working on an alpha/first version of an...
The nearly 300 people who gathered at Point Lookout Resort in Northport Nov. 3-4, could avail themselves of this vista, tai chi in the morning, a walk in the woods, and inspiring presentations by Drs. Rob Anda and Ken Ginsburg , both of whom...