As recently as 2009, Camille Parmesan had a career that most scientists can only dream of. That year, the University of Texas professor was named one of Atlantic Monthly’s 27 “ Brave Thinkers ” for her efforts to save...
One of the best visualizations of race in America might be called pointillist. By mapping one dot for every Census-registered human in the country, color-coded for race, a team at the University of Virginia’s Weldon...
This is the second part in our documentary, The Hidden Epidemic. You can hear the full documentary on Michigan Radio on Thursday, July 16th at 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. Part one is here. On October 27th, 1986, President Reagan signed a new law...
Parks bring numerous social, environmental, and health benefits to a community. Every person in every neighborhood should be able to enjoy these benefits. Unfortunately, too many cities, counties, and neighborhoods are “park poor,”...
Bryan Hirayama, an assistant professor at Bakersfield Community College, made a little bit of history this year. He became one of the first community college professors to teach inside a California state prison in roughly the last 20 years....
After Robin Williams hanged himself last year, Brian Copeland , the gifted Bay Area comedian, theater artist and radio talk jock who laid bare his own depression and suicidal urges in his hit 2012 show “Waiting Period,” had a long...
In “The Pout-Pout Fish” children’s picture book, the author weaves words like “aghast” and “grimace” into a story about a fish who thought he was destined to “spread the dreary-wearies all...
I am linking a 3 minute video created by the Community Development arm of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, that does a good job of providing a brief summary, from a business perspective, on how different sectors can work together to improve...
President Obama has made incarceration reform a White House theme this week. On Monday, he commuted the sentences of 46 mostly nonviolent drug offenders; and on Tuesday, he spoke about reducing the prison population in a speech to...
Video games have come a long way since the 90s, when they were routinely derided as at best a waste of time and at worst a cause of violence. They’re increasingly accepted as art or at least as sophisticated entertainment, and now they...
It's not easy for a child who has had mental health issues to make a successful transition into adulthood. But even children who have symptoms that are mild enough that they wouldn't be diagnosed are more likely to struggle with life as adults,...
When Brandon Blaine’s teenage daughter was in the hospital, the 43-year-old from Mansfield didn’t turn to meditation, yoga or therapy for comfort. Instead, he picked up coloring pencils and his daughter’s coloring book....
Youth Thrive is an initiative to build information resources toward promoting healthy development for adolescents. Below the description, find a link to the Center for the Study of Social Policy webpage for this initiative. I have also attached...
As one of only five female therapists in the northeastern Afghan province of Kapisa, Farkhunda Shahab struggles to soothe the anguished. With her baby daughter perched on her lap, Ms. Shahab listened to the problems of women facing abusive...
Is it possible to cut worldwide levels of interpersonal violence in half within the coming 30 years? This question was at the centre of the first Global Violence Reduction Conference 2014, jointly organised by the Violence Research Centre at...