One of the contradictions of American society is that although race is central to the nation's history—a fact few deny—Americans often seem to struggle to see the ways that historical legacy continues to influence life today. (My...
In 1989, children younger than 16 could be sentenced to die in the United States. Lawyer Bryan Stevenson (TED Talk: We need to talk about an injustice ) represented some of these juveniles in Alabama, the state with the most children...
Each year at Halloween, our neighborhoods are bustling as children go door to door dressed as zombies, vampires, skeletons or something else fantastic and scary. For many children Halloween is the rare occasion to indulge in a fun time...
The families of children involved in Dependency and Neglect (D&N) cases face a long road through an intimidating and confusing legal system. The Court Appointed Special Advocate Association, which helps many of these families by providing volunteer advocates for children, has a relatively new presence in Colorados 9th Judicial District. CASA of the Ninth serves Garfield, Pitkin and Rio Blanco counties by training and supporting volunteer advocates. Its mission is to find a safe,...
All of the team’s players and coaches attended the seminar, which was led by Tony Porter, co-founder and co-director of A Call to Men, a leading national violence prevention organization providing training and education for men, boys and...
Strive for more, work even harder, aim to be the best! We live in a society that regularly sends us such messages. Meanwhile, most of us don’t stop to consider whether our goals are possible, or whether they would even bring us lasting...
This October was marked both as domestic violence awareness month and breast cancer awareness month. That's ironic, Pittsburgh police Sgt. Eric Kroll told residents gathered Wednesday night for a public safety meeting in Sheraden. “They...
I wish I could get every pastor, religious leader, teacher, parent and community activist to view the video above. There is so much to digest from what is presented here, that I might have to take a few posts here to articulate its true...
Last week, we were thrilled to kick off a dialogue in the Bayview that is at the heart of what we do: actively engaging members of the community to come up with effective solutions to prevent, screen and heal Adverse Childhood Experiences...
In 24 hours, more than 6 million people have watched a woman get harassed on the streets of New York City. You probably know the video we're talking about. It's this one, in which a woman is filmed for 10 hours walking around New York City and...
In a beige conference room in Morgantown, West Virginia, Katie Chiasson-Downs, a slight, blond woman with a dimpled smile, read out the good news first. “Sarah is getting married next month, so I expect her to be a little...
Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this brief seeks to illuminate the relationship between school substance-use policies, school connectedness, and young adult drug and alcohol use. [To view the publication go to http://www.childtrends.org/?pu...amp;utm_medium=email ]
"This is a bad neighborhood," the cabdriver tells me as we pull up to an ugly, beige, low-rise building in the predominantly African-American neighborhood of Lower Park Heights. The dappled sunlight on the tree-lined street belies the fact that...
Middle-school girls who value sex appeal differ from their peers in troubling ways, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin. Co-authors Rebecca Bigler, professor of psychology, and Sarah...
It’s nearly Election Day, which once again means it’s time to ask the important questions. Who are better people: Democrats or Republicans? More specifically, are Republicans more charitable? Do Democrats donate more time to their...