The Children of Deportation [CityLab.com]
One of the key parts of Donald Trump’s immigration plan is to deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Here’s what he told CNN in a recent interview: "We have a lot of bad dudes, as I...
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Incomes Continue to Stagnate and Decline [PSMag.com]
The Federal Reserve has announced that it is holding off on an interest rate hike; the last time it raised rates was in 2006. The reason for the lack of action: The Federal Reserve believes the economy remains fragile and, since inflation remains low,...
Tipping the Scales: The Resilience Game [DevelopingChild.Harvard.edu]
In this interactive feature, you will learn how the choices we make can help children and the community as a whole become more resilient in the face of serious challenges. Negative events can occur at any moment, and it’s your job to...
New Study: "Advancing Trauma-Informed Systems for Children" from CHDI
A new study published by the Child Health & Development Institute of Connecticut, funded by the Children's Fund of Connecticut,theIMPACT report is intended to help child serving systems advance trauma-informed care in order to provide more effective and cost-efficient services that result in better outcomes for all children: http://www.chdi.org/index.php/...med-systems-children Introduction: "Fortunately, many children are resilient and can recover from trauma exposure...
It’s Time ... to break the cycle of poverty [BremertonPatriot.com]
It’s Time! After any sort of turmoil, when danger and fear have passed, we realize it’s time to put the event behind us and move forward. For us as a community, after the past several years of economic tension, turmoil, uncertainty...
How Equal Is American Opportunity? Survey Shows Attitudes Vary By Race [NPR.org]
A new survey shows a majority of Americans, regardless of race, agree that race relations have worsened nationally in the past year — but on questions of equality, opinions were split between white and African-American respondents. ...
To reduce costs, Texas health insurance company finds homes for the homeless [ValleyCentral.com]
Nine years ago, Dalton Duffie was trying to fall asleep under a trailer — where he’d temporarily sought refuge from the pouring Austin rain — when he realized he would not live much longer if he stayed on the streets. Haunted...
The Other Affordable Housing Crisis [CityLab.com]
One peculiar thing about mobile homes is that most are not really mobile. Once it has been lowered onto a pad, a manufactured home can be expensive or even impossible to relocate intact. That reality can make the residents of mobile homes ...
A Mother's Rage
I recently viewed Lady Gaga's new video, Till It Happens to You . I have stifled my rage for a number of years now, because it wasn't my trauma and the healing process is about meeting someone where they are. But, I am a mother. It is my trauma....
How The Mental Health System Struggles To Prevent Mass Shootings [NPR.org]
Dr. Matthew Goldenberg, from the Yale University School of Medicine, discusses his Los Angeles Times op-ed on why the mental health system in the U.S. can't be relied on to prevent mass shootings. [For more of this story go to http://www.npr.org/2015/09/20/...event-mass-shootings ]
The Aging Advantage [PSMag.com]
At the San Francisco offices of the global design firm IDEO, overlooking the blue expanse of San Francisco Bay, 150 people spend each workday bettering how we live by re-thinking everyday tangibles like IKEA kitchens, Tempur-Pedic mattresses,...
With Nicotine Addiction, It's Like Mother, Like Daughter [PSMag.com]
Parents shape their children in a lot of ways, from speech patterns to moral character. Add smoking to that list: According to new research , parents have a huge impact on their child's chance of taking up smoking and developing...
Should People With Criminal Histories Be Banned From Public Housing? [CityLab.com]
We often talk about the “ three-strikes rules ” that came about in the 1990s—“tough on crime” federal laws that remanded people convicted of three felony convictions to life in prison. Only one strike is needed, in...
Welfare's last stand [AEON.co]
Over the past four decades in the United States, as the country has slashed its welfare state and employers gutted traditional job benefits, growing numbers of people, especially from the working class, grasped for a new safety net – the...
Districts urged to close diversity gap between teachers and students [EdSource.org]
A new report on teacher diversity is urging urban school districts to put more energy into ensuring that educators reflect the racial and ethnic backgrounds of their students. The study released Wednesday by the Albert Shanker...