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In many a company, you’ve heard the talk about unconscious bias, and likely attended trainings and so forth, but are these efforts making a real difference the way we see and treat each other? In Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do , Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt reveals the latest research and data, much of it her own, on racial bias and how it impacts us all every day. A Stanford social psychologist and MacArthur “Genius” award recipient, she is one of...

We visit Miami to talk with Dr. Cheryl Holder of Florida Clinicians For Climate Action, and Jorge, a fruit vendor who is feeling the effects of increasingly hot days firsthand. [For more on this story by LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, go to https://www.npr.org/2019/03/24/706295403/how-climate-change-is-affecting-residents-health-in-miami ]

Be part of the movement to disrupt sexual violence and normalize consent culture on your campus... Join 'me too.' founder Tarana Burke , cultural scholar Yaba Blay (#ProfessionalBlackGirl), and special guests for in-depth conversations and strategy sessions centered around creating safe and accountable communities for students, faculty, administrators. Colleges and universities have been instrumental in the growth of the #metoo movement, bringing increased attention to the pervasiveness of...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Dr. Nadine Burke Harris first noticed the effects of toxic stress more than a decade ago among the many children with behavioral and learning issues she treated in San Francisco’s low-income Bayview-Hunter’s Point neighborhood, the pediatrician and current California Surgeon General this morning told a standing-room only crowd attending University Hospitals’ Arthur and Edwina Burns endowed lecture in diversity. While the most common diagnosis for kids with attention and...

Foster parents often have trouble getting prompt help when a traumatized child in their care acts up or struggles to adapt to a new home. Frequently, they face two unsatisfactory choices, said Jenn Rexroad, executive director of the California Alliance of Caregivers, which represents foster-care families in the state: Figure out how to handle the problem on their own, or call 911 if they fear they or the child are unsafe. “There’s no continuity there between no help and kind of going to the...

People who have experienced trauma may feel greater sensitivity for others because of what was missing in their own lives. Rogers saw the need to use broadcast media to ask people to respect and love themselves and each other, starting with the child in all of us.

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Household Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs. Schickedanz AB, Escarce JJ, Halfon N, Sastry N, Chung PJ. Am J Prev Med . 2019 Mar 13. pii: S0749-3797(18)32445-0. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.11.019. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30905486 Similar articles A Systematic Review of Trials to Improve Child Outcomes Associated With Adverse Childhood Experiences. Marie-Mitchell A, Kostolansky R. Am J Prev Med . 2019 Mar 13. pii: S0749-3797(19)30031-5. doi:...

At the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH), a celebration of support for the Mother-Baby Dyad and Trauma Healing is happening. All month, there have been lectures by esteemed experts in trauma sensitive and trauma healing approaches. From midwives who are trauma sensitive to baby bodyworkers, from family therapists who know how help you recognize trauma attachment to cultural competencies with marginal communities, you will find it in this free lecture...

What to do with the musical legacy of Michael Jackson? People are taking sides: If you believe he was guilty, his music should be wiped from the face of the earth. If you're a diehard fan (like me!), you’re a tacit collaborator in his abuse. What if it's not that simple? What if Michael Jackson’s musical legacy is not EITHER/OR--but BOTH/AND? In the HBO doc Leaving Neverland, both of Michael Jackson's accusers report that they loved him EVEN WHILE HE WAS ABUSING THEM. They said that the...

By A. H osack , K. Hecht, and P. Berman Larry had no adult criminal record, so his case had started out simply enough. If nothing else had happened since the assault, Mr. Branister could have gotten the charges dropped, or maybe gotten Larry probation . Unfortunately, Larry had resisted arrest. Mr. Branister believed Larry ’s story that he had been drunk when the police knocked on his door and that he had still been able to control himself until one of the officers had insulted him. Larry...

A new foster care documentary , Breaking the Cycle , explores exactly how intertwined the foster care system is with homelessness and human trafficking. Filmmaker Arzo Yusuf captured multiple perspectives from people with close connections to the pipeline of living in foster care to becoming homeless or being sexually exploited, including a former foster youth and professionals who work with young people in foster care. Personal accounts from former foster youth speak to the circumstances...

Ten days ago, Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe and Mozambique, killing more than 700 people and displacing 500,000. UN officials warned that four times that many people may be displaced by the time they’ve fully accounted for the storm’s devastation . The death toll, too, will almost certainly rise; cases of cholera have now been reported, along with an increase in malaria cases . United Nations meteorologist Clare Nullis has said that Idai could rank among the worst weather-related disasters in...