Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo defended a New York State law that has made it easier to take guns away from people who have been deemed mentally unstable, saying on Sunday that the number of people banned from owning firearms since the law took effect...
The sex trafficking of minors, we’ve come—or maybe want—to believe, is limited to developing nations, where wretched poverty leaves girls with few options. But too many children in Los Angeles County know that the sex trade...
The photograph that 6-year-old Logan Reed snapped near the place he once lived as a homeless child conveys not a thousand words, as the saying goes, but one plain desire. "My hope is to have friends," says a quote printed beneath his photo, on...
This report provides an overview of family support programs and aims to identify the features and strategies that may be most effective for reaching and engaging black and Latino families, with the ultimate goal of supporting young...
Low-income students across the United States attend schools with lower average test scores than students whose families have higher incomes. These families are often unable to access high-performing schools because housing is expensive in the...
“Education,” Horace Mann declared in 1848, “is a great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance wheel of the social machinery.” But increasingly, the condition of American children—and even their eventual...
One of the most persistent challenges for urban high schools is progressing kids toward graduation day. The schools in Baltimore, like in many cities in the U.S., struggle to get students out the door and into college. While dropout rates have...
Whenever Dewan Smith-Williams sees Janay Rice on television, she feels like she’s looking into a mirror. Smith-Williams, 44, remembers the denial, the secrecy, the sense of isolation, the shame. But most of all, she remembers the fear of ruining...
South Korea is notorious for having one of the world’s highest suicide rates. For years now, it has ranked consistently near the bottom in global happiness indices. Yet despite these glaring statistics, few if any South Koreans talk...
The real-life story of José Osuna -- like the character Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables -- gives credence to the idea that a second chance is sometimes all you need to turn your life around. A second...
Brandon Xavier was popular in school, healthy, cheerful, good-natured, got good grades and had a family that loved and supported him. His dream was to become a physical therapist. But on Feb. 9, 2013, Brandon took his own life in his home in...
As many of you know, I'm working toward a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Johns Hopkins. This semester, I have been learning ALL about assessments and testing for counselors. I've spent the bulk of my time reviewing...
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