In part one of the series Breaking the Cycle, reporter Katie Eastman explains the Adverse Childhood Experiences study and  why it's important to a local school. Inside brick walls along Western Avenue in Albany, there’s a movement -- one...

A 37-year-old clinical psychologist will head the Cook County Jail, the massive West Side complex that county officials have long said effectively serves as the state's largest mental hospital. Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia has been first assistant executive...

    Every day a child somewhere will suffer from abuse and neglect, the result of growing up in a home with domestic violence, mental illness or addiction, or from the loss of a parent due to separation or imprisonment. Such trauma can...