William McRaven took the reins of the University of Texas as the system chancellor in mid-2014, a year marked nationwide by activism and unprecedented federal attention to the issue of campus sexual assault. ...
Firefighters are known for their physical strength and bravery, but they also face an immense amount of emotional stress and pressure. And just as first responders train for fitness, so too should they work on sharpening and preparing their...
This article was initially published as a letter to subscribers of The Upshot’s newsletter. You can sign up for the email here to get this and all of the best of The Upshot. Big cuts in the prison population won’t be easy. That much was...
On an unbearably hot August afternoon last summer, I was walking along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo., notebook in hand, when I ran into two good friends who were also on the clock, Joel Anderson of BuzzFeed and Jamelle Bouie of Slate....
A majority of Americans support providing schoolchildren with healthy meals that consist of more fruits and vegetables and fewer foods high in calories and sodium, according to a national poll released on Tuesday by the W. K. Kellogg...
The defendants may be one southern California school district and its top officials, but an unprecedented, class action lawsuit could have a big impact on schools across the country. Today in Los Angeles, a U.S. District Court judge will...
F ranco Basaglia is still a household name in Italy. His name is always attached to Law 180 (“Basaglia’s law”), promulgated in 1978. It was a rushed compromise of legislation that effectively ended the era of detention...
The young woman nursing a fresh black eye has come to the police station in this old fishing city for help. But she's not looking to report a crime or seek someone's arrest. She wants help kicking her heroin addiction. "It was better...
Do good guys with guns deter bad ones? There is a growing body of research that suggest they don't. Here's the latest: A study published last week finds that police officers are three times more likely to be murdered while at work in...
Americans of different races have long worshipped in different churches, but in the past few years, that's been changing. About one in five churchgoing Americans now attend multiracial churches, where no more than 80 percent of the congregation...
Hope was the main word at the "Hope Still Floats" dinner, fashion show and silent auction benefit for the Yavapai Family Advocacy Center (YFAC) on Saturday, Aug. 15. Showing off fashions from resale stores around the area in a "re-fashion...
A new study shows how adverse experiences within the first six years of life lead to higher levels of childhood internalizing symptoms and variations in brain growth in adolescent males. Internalizing symptoms include the development of mental...
Prison isn’t the most intellectually stimulating environment, but the dimmest corners of the criminal justice system may actually be a perfect place to liberate an otherwise wasted mind. A new initiative by the White House to issue...
It’s the start of the school year, which for me is the true New Year. I always feel like I should begin a new venture in late August or early September, or at least buy a spiral-bound notebook. I think it’s the effect of all that...
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks to Director of National Drug Control Policy Michael Botticelli about how the plan to tackle heroin abuse shifts focus from punishment to treatment. [To hear the story or view the transcript go to http://www.npr.org/2015/08/17/...focuses-on-treatment ]