Our screens and feeds are filled with news and images of black Americans dying or being brutalized. A brief and yet still-too-long list: Trayvon Martin , Tamir Rice , Walter Scott , Eric Garner , Renisha McBride . The image of a white police...
Two months after hearing oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges , the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 in favor of marriage equality Friday morning, enshrining into law the "fundamental right to marry" for same-sex couples across the...
The inequalities African Americans battle are plenty and severe -- but the widening health gap is arguably among one of the most crucial and inadequately addressed concerns. Black Health Matters hopes to help change that. Today,...
In this era of hyperpartisanship, the liberal-libertarian convergence on criminal-justice reform is, frankly, astonishing. Everyone from the Koch brothers to George Soros, from Tea Party Texan Sen. Ted Cruz to Democrat Hillary Clinton are...
Soft skills are skills, competencies, behaviors, attitudes, and personal qualities that enable youth to navigate their environment, work with others, perform well, and achieve their goals. We’ve identified five key soft skills that...
In some future footnote or parenthetical aside, it may be observed that although General Robert E. Lee surrendered in 1865, the Confederacy’s final retreat did not occur until a century and a half later. The rearguard movement of...
It’s a startling statistic: One American dies from suicide every 12.8 minutes, making suicide the 10th leading cause of death in the country. A new analysis of existing studies has found that there are increased levels of chemicals,...
Our nation's history is littered with conspiracy theories. From the 1830s to the mid-1850s, the anti-Catholic movement alleged the pope was using recent immigrants as pawns in his plot to take over America. Movement leaders spun out thousands...
The Child Parent Project in Philadelphia and Northeast Treatment Centers Children’s Behavior Health Services in Philadelphia , to name two. We found others, and we’ll post their stories over the next...
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A good photograph can speak volumes about its subjects, yet still leave you wanting to know more. The acclaimed and prolific American photographer Mary Ellen Mark, who died May 25 at the age of 75, was known for her humanist...
Come September, truancy will no longer be a revenue generator for some counties. That’s good news for Texas public school students and their families. A new state law decriminalizing truancy, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott...
Before gay marriage became the law of the land in the United States with the Supreme Court's decision Friday morning, researchers had examined how bans on same-sex marriage affected the mental health of gay partners: It wasn't good. In 2010, a...
Eighteen vials were rocking back and forth on a squeaky mechanical device the shape of a butcher scale, and Mark Lyte was beside himself with excitement. ‘‘We actually got some fresh yesterday — freshly frozen,’’...
The ACE Study: Measuring Childhood Trauma Exposure and Working to Change the Ending for Survivors and their Children June 30, 2015 9:00-10:30 am PT (11:00-12:30 pm CT, 12:00-1:30 pm ET) Presented by: Vincent Felitti, MD and...