It seems long ago now, but in the 1960s, '70s and '80s, murders and robberies exploded as cocaine and other illegal drugs ravaged American cities. Then came June 19, 1986, when the overdose of a college athlete sent the nation into shock just...
With brutality by guards at the Rikers Island jail complex rising at an alarming rate, the chief investigator for the New York City Correction Department stood before a roomful of senior officers and union leaders in the summer of 2012 and...
....Each time an idol falls, we also lose a sense that justice, criminal or social, is a possibility – that there are true consequences for grave mistakes. Perhaps 2014 was not a year of fallen idols. It was a year when we began to see...
As executive director of Tumbleweed Runaway Program in Billings, MT, Sheri Boelter understands the challenges of serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth in rural places. Residents may hold onto traditional beliefs...
“ Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem: Predictors of Resilience in Mental Health among Maltreated Homeless Youth ” (abstract). Michelle T. Dang. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 35 (2014). What it’s about: One...
"Is my 18-month old already behind for schooling?" That was the subject line of a recent post on the D.C. Urban Moms and Dads online discussion forum. The anonymous author was reacting to an article written by a mom who had hired an education...
Early Head Start video on the important role of parents in the growth and development of young children... https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/ehsnrc/comp/mental-health/me-and-you.html#
The recession affected everyone, but minorities were hit harder . As the U.S. economy rebounded, the wealth gap between races widened because a much larger share of minorities were—and still are—locked out of the recovery process....
Staff of the San Diego Youth Services TAY Academy welcome all Transition Age Youth (TAY) to drop-in. Left to right: Vanessa Arteaga, Indie Landrum, Stephen Carroll, and Gillian Leal. In 2010, 16-year-old Indie Landrum ran away from an unstable home...
On a warm day last summer Josh Bassais, a union organizer, went down to a non-union construction project in Edina, a Minneapolis suburb where new elementary classrooms were being built, to check out safety on the site. He saw something...
On September 9, a parade of men marched across the stage at Flint Center in Cupertino, California, outlining a variety of new products in the Apple lineage. After the iPhone, Apple Pay, and, the doll of the party, the Apple Watch, Apple CEO Tim Cook...
WATSONVILLE, Calif. -- A lifetime of moving has taught Claudia Morales to start packing early, because like many 13-year-olds, her room "is always a mess." The hoodies go in her suitcase, but as usual, all her partially completed...
Researchers at the Cardiovascular Institute of New Jersey at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have found evidence that Hurricane Sandy had a significant effect on cardiovascular events, including myocardial infarctio n ( heart...
Asadah Kirkland and Robbyn Peters Bennett had the opportunity to join the discussion with Pro Player Insiders and talk with several amazing athletes including Adrian Peterson's mentor Tony Richardson --- about spanking. These...
The Commonwealth Fund has been publishing surveys comparing health care in industrialized countries since 1998, a continuing report card in which the United States has usually fared poorly because of its high proportion of uninsured people....