Today, I will be co-hosting a summit in Northport called “From ACEs to Resiliency: Promising Practices for Thriving Communities.” ACEs, or adverse childhood experiences, can exert an astounding influence on adult physical and mental...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We're joined now from Dallas by Michael Fitzgerald Wilson and his son, Mark. Michael Wilson was just released from the U.S. penitentiary in Victorville, Calif., where he served a life without parole sentence since 1994 for a...
More charitable foundations and trusts have moved away from spreading dollars across multiple causes. Instead, their aim is to increase impact by focusing on key initiatives, then reviewing data to measure results. Empire Health...
Deborah L. Pierce, an emergency room doctor in Philadelphia, was optimistic when she brought a sex discrimination claim against the medical group that had dismissed her. Respected by colleagues, she said she had a stack of glowing evaluations...
Imagine if we could discover which children are most at risk of developing debilitating mental disorders—and even detect these illnesses before the appearance of a single symptom. Think how that knowledge could help parents, schools, nonprofits,...
Many thanks to the Alaska Children's Trust and their executive director, Trevor Storr, for sponsoring the showing of Paper Tigers in Juneau, Alaska, on October 26th. I was able to attend after my meeting for the day ended. During the private...
This might seem like an obvious statement: kids who grow up in the poorest and most segregated neighborhoods are the most likely to witness violence or get arrested. After all, they are living in areas with higher crime rates, and they tend to...
For decades, scholars who have analyzed death-penalty cases have consistently found racial disparities, with death sentences disproportionately handed down to black men, more often in cases with white victims. But defense lawyers...
Seven organizations will have a chance to further their efforts to help girls in the justice system thanks to more than $650,000 in funding from the National Girls Initiative . The nonprofit alliances and organizations from across the country...
It’s a bright and sunny Tuesday morning in bustling Washington, D.C., and I’m headed to jail. The roads are bumpy, the ride is jerky, and I’m nervous. I didn’t expect to travel to a juvenile detention center when I woke up this...
Joyelle Brandt and I are survivors of childhood abuse working to break the cycle for our families. Raising children as an abuse survivor is often a lonely and isolating experience, as the triggers and flashbacks of abuse can be hard for...
During his 12 seasons as a fullback with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 6-foot-1, 250-pound Mike Alstott was known as "The A-Train" -- a punishing runner and blocker and fan favorite. From 1996 to 2007, Alstott racked up an impressive National Football...
Thousands of federal inmates are getting out of prison because of a change in the way the U.S. government sentences drug criminals . It's part of a broader movement to reconsider tough-on-crime laws that were passed during the War on...
A small survey of parents in Philadelphia found that three-quarters of their children had been given tablets, smartphones or iPods of their own by age 4 and had used the devices without supervision, researchers reported on Monday. The...
Each year, nearly three times as many Americans die from suicide as from homicide. More Americans kill themselves than die from breast cancer. As Thomas Insel , longtime head of the National Institute of Mental Health, prepared to step...