Humanity Archive
In my previous column, I quoted Sarah Brown, founder of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, who said that groups focusing on child and family well-being rarely propose interventions that begin before conception. Nowhere is this more …
As survivors, we work hard to minimize the impact of triggers on our daily lives. We learn approaches to stay present when the triggers come. And we try to avoid the triggers when we can. I have met survivors who …
Stop Shooting our Wounded: Let’s Find a Solution Stepping into the San Diego welfare office for the first time to fulfill a school assignment I walked in unaware of the preconceived bias I held toward individuals of low socioeconomic status …
By Luis Gay Research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London (IoPPN) found clinical evidence of the relationship between mental health effects and human trafficking. In a patient population from South London, the most common …
STUDENT VOICES Photo via freedigitalphotos.net. By: Michael S. Dauber “In order to study blood-spatter patterns, a group of researchers in New Zealand strapped pigs to a surgical table and shot them in the head. Some of these animals were alive. …
It’s always many reasons.Or probably is. Radicalization provides relief, a map to locate multiple grievances in a person’s world. If you have two reasons, you have more than one. Now add religious indoctrination, a community that supports that identity, but …
STUDENT VOICES By Robert Schmaltz December 3, 2015, a BBC News headline reads “California Shooting: Just another day in the United States of America, another day of gunfire, panic, and fear.” By all measures this act of violence claiming the …
For as long as anyone can remember, children who are bought and sold for sex have either been ignored or, when they do catch our attention, arrested and incarcerated–and then released right back into the streets. In the past few …
“I will not make the same mistakes my parents made.” It may be one of the most common sentiments in the world of parenting. But when we express this desire, it is often met with rolled eyes or some other …
You don’t have to work explicitly for a human rights organization to help advance human rights, whether your interests are global or local. Here are my tips for engaging in human rights work, despite your career or schooling background.
