Here's the scenario: You are moving across country. Driving from Los Angeles, CA to Sarasota, FL. Everything you own is in your car. EVERYTHING. You need to make it to Sarasota FAST. You start a new job in less than a week. You've given...
Alex Landau, an African American man, was raised by his adoptive white parents to believe that skin color didn’t matter. But when Alex was pulled over by Denver police officers one night in 2009, he lost his belief in a color-blind...
If you have a disability in the U.S., you're twice as likely to be poor as someone without a disability. You're also far more likely to be unemployed. And that gap has widened in the 25 years since the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act...
Research shows that one in 28 children have a parent in jail. It's a growing problem in the Roanoke Valley, and that's why Family Service of Roanoke Valley is starting a support group called, What About Me next month for middle school- aged...
With President Obama’s speech to the NAACP and his visit to a federal prison last week, the push for criminal justice reform took center stage. His statements crystallized the growing bipartisan agreement in...
She knew her son was dead when she heard the gunshots. At least four staccato pops in a matter of seconds. Four bullets fired in the same amount of time needed to open a bottle of soda or to steal a kiss. “I told [the police] that my son was mentally ill, I tell them that every time I call,” said Lynn Eagle Feather. “I just asked for help. Instead they killed my son.” Her son, Paul Castaway, was a Rosebud Sioux tribal citizen who had battled mental...
When James Hansen speaks, climate hawks listen. Hansen was legendary during his long career as NASA’s chief climatologist for being ahead of the curve on seeing the threat of catastrophic climate change. Now he teaches at Columbia...
The Ontario city of Kitchener has a problem intersection that seems to attract accidents. But municipal regulations prevent the installation of a four-way stop. So what’d Kitchener do? Well, this: The Mount Hope-Breithaupt Park...
Matthew Bessler had just received a generous offer from a politician: The veteran could go to an expensive, well-regarded treatment program for post-traumatic stress and brain injury at no cost. But the former Army Ranger’s first question was...
Immigrants take our jobs. They don’t pay taxes. They’re a drain on the economy. They make America less … American. You’ve probably heard all of these arguments, especially with the country recovering from a financial...
Denver, Colorado is home to one of the fastest growing urban school districts in the nation. The proportion of children receiving free or reduced-price lunch has also been steadily increasing . In the 2013–14 school year, over 70%...
Have you ever snapped angrily at someone when you were hungry? Or has someone snapped angrily at you when they were hungry? If so, you've experienced "hangry" (an amalgam of hungry and angry) – the phenomenon whereby...
This story from Social Work Today highlights the Emergency Department Violence Intervention Program (EDVIP) in Winnipeg: "EDVIP is a pilot project that began in November 2013 in order to assess the feasibility and efficacy of providing a...
I've been researching neurofeedback in depth, to start doing it for my own Adult Attachment Disorder with a local therapist. I'm prompted by a recent radio show by neurofeedback expert Sebern Fisher (left), and Tina Hahn's results in her blog, " My...
Andrea Blanch, PhD David Shern, PhD In June, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 (H.R. 2646) was introduced by Reps. Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX). Several groups have applauded the bill for...