Humanity Archive
By: Sharon E. Chin The alarming increase in the sheer number of homeless children and youth within the past few years requires a closer look at the population and their needs. This raises questions like: What are the needs of …
Before becoming a mental health advocate, I worked in East Africa. I had been chosen to partner with a community in rural Uganda to help an incredible family build a health clinic in their disconnected village. My job was to …
There are two types of people in this world: Those who know what the title of this article means, and those who died before last Thursday. Among that first group, there are those who say the dress is white and …
Written by Joaquin Sapien ProPublica, July 2, 2013, 12:21 p.m. The older authority figure wins the trust of the young target by cultivating a false friendship, having heart-to-heart conversations, giving gifts, offering protection. And then the sex ensues, sometimes forced, …
One of my favorite tweeters recently sent out a provocative little note about knowing the difference between harmful suffering and that which is part of the growth process. What’s his secret?
Image via http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/01/04/1398631/hiv-vaccine-breakthrough/ A recent failed HIV prevention drug trial in Africa has raised concerns over the ethical design and implementation of research involving payment to participants in poor countries. According to the New York Times: “The trial — known …
The school-to-prison pipeline, a national trend in which public school children are channeled from educational settings into the criminal justice system, has received increased attention in recent years—especially as a result of the Black Lives Matter campaign. This phenomenon is …
Durham has released new language in the city’s anti-poverty initiative calling for a “zero tolerance” crackdown on drug activity in Northeast Central Durham. My honest reaction is that such a policy seems counterproductive if the intent is to help lift …
Dr. Lawrence M. Berger is the 12th director of the venerable Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor and chair of the Ph.D. program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social …
As a visible minority in Canada with young male cousins across the border, the recent news stories out of the United States regarding Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, etc. have been difficult to hear. Due to the sad deaths …
