The LAPD’s relationship with the communities it policies has improved dramatically since the videotaped beating of Rodney King by officers in 1991. The acquittal of those officers in state court sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots. A...
Deshaun Barbee moves around this city like a man chased. He dodges the police, has used an alias, and once borrowed a relative's driver's license to hide his identity. Barbee, 19, lives like this because of events that took place when he was...
The University is piloting a new program designed to draw attention to the mental health for student-athletes. The program, which was piloted in the fall and included a public service videos and drop-in counseling sessions, drew participation...
Babies "social reference" by checking out their parents' facial expressions and voice tones when they encounter a new or strange object or event in their environment — then base their own reactions on mom's or dad's. They look to their...
Anchorage, Alaska has a significant homeless problem that is exacerbated by our cold and harsh winters. Alaska Dispatch News chose to do a three-part story -- Addiction, survival and love on Anchorage streets -- on the homeless and their...
Armed with potent new evidence that many of Memphis’ greatest problems are traceable to fractured childhoods, local leaders on Thursday unveiled details of two soon-to-open centers where families will get help in shielding kids from the...
Psychotherapists have to be licensed. In order to get that license we have to go through years of training that involves obtaining advanced degrees, attending psychotherapy training institutes, going through our own psychotherapy, as well as...
What do Papua New Guinea, Oman, and the United States of America have in common? They are the only three countries in the world with no paid-maternity-leave law. When you point out the deficiencies of the United States in this regard, somebody...
Silver Spring, Md., is not known for being backward. Just north of Washington, D.C., it is similar to other liberal-leaning inner-ring Montgomery County suburbs, only more racially and socioeconomically diverse than most. Like its neighbors,...
A school district in a low-income area of East Palo Alto is hoping to lower dropout rates by launching a health and wellness program that includes yoga. The Ravenswood School District is launching the program in partnership with the Sonima...
Donald Rose has no teeth, but that’s not his biggest problem. A camouflage hat droops over his ancient, wire-framed glasses. He’s only 43, but he looks much older. I met him one day in October as he sat on a tan metal folding chair...
"Today is Thursday, the day of Meaning." That's the message at the very top of the page. And from there down, almost everything about Amit Sood's website, stressfree.org, is couched in the self-help jargon that scientists instinctively dismiss....
The year was 1965. The ink on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was hardly dry. Duke Power Company executives at the Dan River Steam Station near Draper, N.C., needed a new personnel policy. The old one had been simple:...
It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned -- and all through this long century of waging war on drugs, we have been told a story about addiction by our teachers and by our governments. This story is so deeply ingrained in our...
If you want to be a pessimist about the shape the world's in, just turn on the news. It seems as if we're living in an age of terrorism, war, refugees, hostages and natural disasters. If you want to look on the rosy side, read Michael Elliott's...