The documentary offers a good launch pad for a larger conversation in the community about early learning – what’s already being done and what’s still needed, said Jill Johnson, coordinator of the Inland Northwest Early Learning...
Last spring, I had the opportunity to talk with a fellow health journalist, Jane Ellen Stevens, editor of ACEs Too High, a news site that reports on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and our society. ACEs refer to a study by the Centers for Disease...
From delivering babies to rescuing immigrants on the brink of death, Border Patrol agents do it all. The Rio Grande Valley Sector is now exceeding 250,000 apprehensions of undocumented immigrants. With record-breaking numbers mental health for agents...
Ferguson City Council plans changes this week that will reduce the importance of traffic fines and fees to the city’s budget, a communications firm representing the St. Louis suburb’s government announced on Monday. The role of...
The French have already criminalised “psychological violence”. British ministers – who are considering making “coercive control” within intimate relationships a crime should do the same. Coercive control is sometimes...
Today, the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) announces the launch of its Social Impact Calculator , a first-of-its-kind tool that allows us to monetize—or put a dollar amount on—the social impact of our investments in low-income...
The show Fox and Friends had an unusual takeaway from the video of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his wife, Janay, in the face and knocking her unconscious in a casino elevator: "Take the stairs." The...
While a burly kid on the playground may be the stereotype of a childhood bully, a new study suggests some of the most damaging bullies are as close to home as you can get: They're siblings who tease, make fun of and physically hurt their...
A lbany, NY ( August 25, 2014) Attachment & Trauma Network, Inc.(ATN) an organization that helps families and children affected by attachment trauma and reactive attachment disorder is hosting a FREE online summit: Educating Traumatized Children , from September 30 to October 10, 2014. The summit will feature over 20 interviews from trauma experts across the United States. The interviews will also be available for purchase and download after their initial...
People can become addicted to eating for its own sake but not to consuming specific foods such as those high in sugar or fat, research suggests. An international team of scientists, including researchers from Aberdeen, has found no strong...
Why are certain neighborhoods healthier than others? It's a question that's received no small share of academic attention in recent years (CityLab has variously touched upon the topic here , here , and here .) With no definitive...
....The fast-food giants have seemed clumsy, and wrong-footed by the surge of protest. Their traditional defense of miserable pay—that most of their employees are young, part time, just working for gas money, really—has grown...
[Getty Images] The widening gap between America's wealthiest and its middle and lower classes is "unsustainable", but is unlikely to improve any time soon, according to a Harvard Business School study released on Monday. The study, titled " An Economy Doing Half its Job ", said American companies - particularly big ones - were showing some signs of recovering their competitive edge on the world stage since the financial crisis, but that workers would likely keep struggling to demand...
WCCO radio host Jordana Green asked good questions and received strong answers about the conditions surrounding the death of four year old Eric Dean who was tortured to death by his adoptive mother (8 minutes) ...
If there is one group of students with the most to gain from staying in school, it is those minors transitioning out of the juvenile justice system. Yet of the roughly 42,000 youth who attend California’s juvenile court...