April 5th began in the usual way at the Southeastern Provision meat-processing plant, in Bean Station, Tennessee—some workers were breaking down carcasses on the production line, while others cleaned the floors—until, around 9 a.m., a helicopter began circling above the plant. Moments later, a fleet of cars pulled up outside. Agents from the I.R.S., Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ice), and the Tennessee Highway Patrol emerged, and proceeded to arrest ninety-seven people, most of them...

Almost all of the threats in our schools, like in Parkland Florida, are internal, not external. Adding school resource officers, metal detectors, and interior design modifications are all valid and real solutions for protection. As we are debating and looking at school safety options, we need to dig deeper into the underlying issues that aren’t being adequately addressed — namely, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). ACEs are stressful or even traumatic experiences that disrupt the safe,...

Jennifer Donahue, Delaware Office of the Child Advocate, testifies before the HELP Committee (Jennifer Perry to her right) ____________________________________________________________ Some seasoned advocates say legislators are influenced by stories while their staffs are swayed by data. There was some of both at the April 11 hearing on the draft Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 of the U.S. Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor & Pensions) Committee but it was the personal stories that...