Four ACEs Is Not A Winning Hand! Sure, you can sit at a poker table and get pretty excited if you’re holding 4 aces. You’d probably bet a lot of money on what you think is a winning hand. If you did win, you’d be telling everyone you...
Greetings! At the risk of coming off overly dramatic, I honestly believe that the more signatures (of U.S. citizens) that we can get on this petition, the better off human kind will be. Okay, maybe not by huge margins, but, a little bit. And a little...
Douglas County Georgia Juvenile Court Judge Peggy Walker is an activist judge for the children of her state – the children she loves who do not get what they need for healthy, successful lives. She sees how the children are failed when...
In 2009, when the Kings Canyon Unified School District in California's rural Central Valley offered its 19 schools the opportunity to adopt a system that would reduce school suspensions and expulsions, Reedley High School jumped at the...
While it may sound like an unusual partnership, nevertheless, the Beloit Fine Arts Incubator and the Rock County Youth Services Center have joined forces to present an additional exhibit this month. As a result, on display through Friday at the...
In 2013, New Mexico dropped to dead last in the national Kids Count ranking for child well-being. Kids delivered biscochitos to legislators with the message "Don't Sugarcoat It. We're 50th." New Mexico was No. 49 in 2012, with Mississippi in...
Brain imaging experiments have revealed for the first time how ecstasy produces feelings of euphoria in users. Results of the study at Imperial College London, parts of which were televised in Drugs Live on Channel 4 in 2012, have now been published...
The Second World War officially claimed the lives of nearly 500,000 Britons. But the true death toll of the conflict is likely to be far higher as a new study has shown that the war left survivors at greater risk of suffering diabetes, depression and...
Canadian schools with explicit anti-homophobia interventions such as gay-straight alliances (GSAs) may reduce the odds of suicidal thoughts and attempts among both sexual minority and straight students, according to a new study by University of...
A new brain-imaging technique enables people to 'watch' their own brain activity in real time and to control or adjust function in pre-determined brain regions. The study from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro, McGill...
Molly Rowan Leach wrote a story for opendemocracy.net about how police and the community in Longmont, CO, learned about and embraced restorative justice. Some of the details in the event that involved Officer Greg Ruprecht, who's interview in...
The staff at Right Step’s adolescent drug rehab in Dallas has become Tier-One certified in collaborative problem-solving. This makes Right Step the nation’s first residential addiction treatment center for teens to implement...
Thousands of documents detailing the Archdiocese of Chicago’s often halting response to sexual abuse allegations against 30 priests were posted online Tuesday after eight years of negotiations between victim advocates and Roman...
A thickening of the brain cortex associated with regular meditation or other spiritual or religious practice could be the reason those activities guard against depression – particularly in people who are predisposed to the disease, according to...