From a cellblock at El Reno Federal Penitentiary in Oklahoma last Thursday, President Barack Obama, the first sitting president to visit a federal prison, spoke of his hope that his proposed criminal justice reforms will, among other...
It was meant to be ‘tough love,’ but a Michigan law kicking mothers off welfare when their kids miss school has gone horribly, horribly wrong. To say Lisa was sick doesn’t really begin to describe her troubles. The 12-year-old...
Hundreds of viewers tuned in across the country to watch Advancing a Community-Based Model for Violence Prevention , the 21st National Health Equity Research Webcast. The annual live-audience, interactive symposium explores the...
Waller County, Texas, has had a complicated racial history since the days when it was a part of Mexico. At one of its first settlements, Bernardo Plantation, about 100 slaves grew cotton on a large farm on the banks of the Brazos . Yet...
It may sound counterintuitive, but one of the best things a company can do to promote women at work is give men more benefits — particularly paternity leave. Not five days off in a row. That’s just extra vacation time. I’m talking...
The title of this blog post is a question raised by Dr. Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD while she was Research Director on Social Determinants of Health at the Centers for Disease Control. Last year, she gave a TedX talk (link pasted below) on how...
One in 28 children has a parent in jail, according to the most recent numbers from the Pew Charitable Trust. Parental incarceration hurts a child’s ability to perform in school, make healthy decisions and cope emotionally. Family Service...
Hospitalization for mental health problems is far more common among kids behind bars than among children and teens in the general population, a new study finds. Juvenile inmates also have longer hospital stays, which suggests they have more...
Three federal government ministers will sit down with Indigenous leaders and mental health advocates on Wednesday to tackle Indigenous mental health, which they say is the nation's "most confronting health challenge". Health...
Over the years, Inside Higher Ed has published several essays by faculty members who describe the difficulties of being a professor and receiving appropriate support while facing mental illness. These pieces describe...
Governor Dannel Malloy’s “ Second Chance Society ” is based on a core American value that people should be allowed opportunity to recover from mistakes once they address the factors leading to their behavior and emerge as...
For all the firsts coming out of the New Horizons mission—color footage of Pluto, photos of all five of its moons, and flowing datastreams about Pluto’s composition and atmosphere—there’s one milestone worth noting on...
School districts must spell out how they will help the state’s 310,000 homeless students and make goals for their progress under a new law that may be the first of its kind nationwide. Gov. Jerry Brown approved the change to...
The Hogg Foundation is excited to announce that a policy brief summarizing the results of the 2012 funded trauma-informed care training initiative is now available to view online! The report, titled Findings from Trauma-Informed...
Judge Alex Calabrese is kind of a celebrity in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood. He’s known around the community as a judge who cares—about the people who pass through his courtroom and the community outside his courthouse....