The recession affected everyone, but minorities were hit harder . As the U.S. economy rebounded, the wealth gap between races widened because a much larger share of minorities were—and still are—locked out of the recovery process....
Staff of the San Diego Youth Services TAY Academy welcome all Transition Age Youth (TAY) to drop-in. Left to right: Vanessa Arteaga, Indie Landrum, Stephen Carroll, and Gillian Leal. In 2010, 16-year-old Indie Landrum ran away from an unstable home...
On a warm day last summer Josh Bassais, a union organizer, went down to a non-union construction project in Edina, a Minneapolis suburb where new elementary classrooms were being built, to check out safety on the site. He saw something...
On September 9, a parade of men marched across the stage at Flint Center in Cupertino, California, outlining a variety of new products in the Apple lineage. After the iPhone, Apple Pay, and, the doll of the party, the Apple Watch, Apple CEO Tim Cook...
WATSONVILLE, Calif. -- A lifetime of moving has taught Claudia Morales to start packing early, because like many 13-year-olds, her room "is always a mess." The hoodies go in her suitcase, but as usual, all her partially completed...
Researchers at the Cardiovascular Institute of New Jersey at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have found evidence that Hurricane Sandy had a significant effect on cardiovascular events, including myocardial infarctio n ( heart...
Asadah Kirkland and Robbyn Peters Bennett had the opportunity to join the discussion with Pro Player Insiders and talk with several amazing athletes including Adrian Peterson's mentor Tony Richardson --- about spanking. These...
The Commonwealth Fund has been publishing surveys comparing health care in industrialized countries since 1998, a continuing report card in which the United States has usually fared poorly because of its high proportion of uninsured people....
It is widely known that being overweight or obese is linked to an increased risk for cardiovascular and other diseases. Now a new study has found that even in young adults of normal weight, increases in body mass index also lead to increased...
Nine men sit turned away from the camera; their faces are never shown. Many are shirtless or naked. They answer questions like: When did you become a black man? Do you cry? How were you raised to deal with your emotions? This short film, called...
It's been two years since a gunman killed his mother at home and then opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 20 first-graders, six educators and himself. People in Connecticut are still hashing out just how parents and...
The Baltimore Sun writes about how everyday household and neighborhood violence impacts the littlest ones who are too frequently witnesses. Acknowledgement of trauma by perceptive preschool teachers and social workers starts to solve rather perpetuate...
In 1979, when Ana Miguel was 16, she worked for a company that made wigs for Broadway shows and Hollywood films. It was a taste of glamour and an exciting closeness to fame for Ms. Miguel, who that year had dropped out of high school. Ms....
Patients who have attempted suicide are too often treated with hostility by hospital emergency department staff, senior Australian psychiatrists have said, meaning opportunities to prevent future harm are being missed. A study from the mental...
What happens in a small, semi-rural community in a southern state when an "out" transgender student decides to speak up for his civil rights? Here in Gloucester County, Virginia, where I live — not far from the Historic Triangle of...