“When you shine a light on the problem and don’t do anything, you’re only admiring the problem,” said school superintendent Randy Nelson of the La Crosse, Wis., school district. “It’s time to stop admiring...
Criminal sentencing has long been based on the present crime and, sometimes, the defendant’s past criminal record. In Pennsylvania, judges could soon consider a new dimension: the future. Pennsylvania is on the verge of becoming one of...
Veterans Affairs officials in San Diego said Monday they are seeing improvement on controversies that have dogged the federal agency, including long wait times for medical appointments, a backlog of disability claims — and even the...
Trauma shapes the brain in ways that can make it hard to get past a fight, flight or freeze reaction. Appomattox County Schools held a training Monday to help about 150 teachers and counselors understand how past traumatic experiences can...
After a stressful day of work, good intentions concerning dieting and exercise can quickly go out the window. Now, a new study from researchers at the University of Zürich in Switzerland has demonstrated how stress can influence regions of...
Therapy provided over the phone lowered symptoms of anxiety and depression among older adults in rural areas with a lack of mental health services, a new study shows. The option is important, one expert said, because seniors often have...
r Most likely, marketing expert Greg Satell's recent article for the Harvard Business Review was written for the business community. In it he suggests what relevant branding lessons can be gleaned from effective social movements such as the...
In many areas, poor residents typically have longer commutes and less access to public transportation than middle- and upper-class communities, yet they’re being excluded from the growing car-share trend. But that gap may at least begin...
Laws that make it a crime for homeless people to sleep in public places even when there isn't enough room for them at a shelter unconstitutionally punish the homeless, lawyers for the Obama administration said in a court filing on...
Michael Brown was shot and killed one year ago by Police Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. His death ignited riots, set off protests around the country and inspired the Black Lives...
From Stanley Keleman, Myth & the Body: A Colloquy With Joseph Campbell : Everyone is a hero. This is a given. We have a call to adventure. We refuse. A crisis ensues. We cannot turn backand we answer the call. We collect helpers, teachers, guides. And we cross a threshold into the unknown. We lose our identity and enter an abyss, a nadir, the belly of the whale. We emerge. We begin traveling back home to what we have...
k The blockbuster Advers e Childhood Experien ces (ACEs) Study has become the fulcrum of a powerful and diverse consortium of interests bent o n preventing and addressing childhood trauma. Groups ranging from...
Flanked by fig groves and vineyards and surrounded by electrified fences and thick coils of barbed wire, the Central California Women’s Facility is the largest women-only prison in the state. Inside the low-slung cinderblock...
For three months this year, I spent time with some of the sickest and most expensive patients in America — the people who pinball around the health care system, racking up costs that we all indirectly pay through federal and state taxes that go...