I wish I could get every pastor, religious leader, teacher, parent and community activist to view the video above. There is so much to digest from what is presented here, that I might have to take a few posts here to articulate its true...
Last week, we were thrilled to kick off a dialogue in the Bayview that is at the heart of what we do: actively engaging members of the community to come up with effective solutions to prevent, screen and heal Adverse Childhood Experiences...
In 24 hours, more than 6 million people have watched a woman get harassed on the streets of New York City. You probably know the video we're talking about. It's this one, in which a woman is filmed for 10 hours walking around New York City and...
In a beige conference room in Morgantown, West Virginia, Katie Chiasson-Downs, a slight, blond woman with a dimpled smile, read out the good news first. “Sarah is getting married next month, so I expect her to be a little...
Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this brief seeks to illuminate the relationship between school substance-use policies, school connectedness, and young adult drug and alcohol use. [To view the publication go to http://www.childtrends.org/?pu...amp;utm_medium=email ]
"This is a bad neighborhood," the cabdriver tells me as we pull up to an ugly, beige, low-rise building in the predominantly African-American neighborhood of Lower Park Heights. The dappled sunlight on the tree-lined street belies the fact that...
Middle-school girls who value sex appeal differ from their peers in troubling ways, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin. Co-authors Rebecca Bigler, professor of psychology, and Sarah...
It’s nearly Election Day, which once again means it’s time to ask the important questions. Who are better people: Democrats or Republicans? More specifically, are Republicans more charitable? Do Democrats donate more time to their...
When I became a pastor as a young man, I was prepared to minister to my congregants through all phases of their lives. I expected to spend my time welcoming new babies into the world, sharing biblical principles with thriving families, and ministering...
In Brooklyn, public school’s been up and running for almost two months now, and I can’t stop thinking about Jmyha Rickman. She’s the 8-year-old Illinois schoolgirl who threw an epic tantrum last year and was hauled out of Lovejoy...
For a long time, the conventional political wisdom was that no one ever lost an election for being too tough on crime. That wisdom has been turned on its head in recent years, as both politicians and the public are realizing how much damage the...
We know that about 10 million more people have insurance coverage this year as a result of the Affordable Care Act. But until now it has been difficult to say much about who was getting that coverage — where they live, their...
As colleges continue to scramble under federal pressure to overhaul how they handle cases of sexual assault, the list of schools under investigation for botching cases continues to grow. That's left some wondering if campuses will ever get it...
For many years, Liz Obert woke up, got dressed, went to work, and acted as if everything was fine. Once she returned home, however, she found herself lying around depressed, feeling hopeless and full of dread. Diagnosed in her early 20s with...
More than halfway through Joel Klein’s forthcoming book on his time as the chancellor of New York City’s public schools, he zeros in on what he calls “the biggest factor in the education equation.” It’s not classroom...