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Image via The recently published article on doctor’s lack of expertise in treating transgender patients in The Guardian is an important step forward in highlighting current disparities in healthcare services for this population. The study, based on interviews with sample of 23 …
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice has signed onto a resolution drafted by the North Carolina Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System that calls for the immediate removal of all Confederate monuments, memorials, flags, and …
Image via STUDENT VOICES | CHYNN PRIZE FIRST-PLACE WINNER By Madeleine Cardona I will never forget the day my mother got diagnosed. I could swear that just yesterday I was thirteen years old waiting anxiously to be called in from …
“What did Grandma do for a job?” asked my 12-year-old grandson. “Well,” his grandfather replied, “she raised your dad and his eleven brothers and sisters, took care of our 14-room house, and even took care of her dad when he …
Many people who work with the child welfare system know that only three percent of foster youth graduate from college. This means that, despite the number of youth who enroll, most do not finish. Since exiting foster care I have …
Originally recorded on Thursday, August 24, 2017 Receive Webinar Invites by Email The high cost of higher education extends beyond the dollars and cents of tuition, books and living expenses. Many with student debt find it difficult to pay …
There are many questions that you might be asked in a job interview. While the questions themselves will vary, the thrust or point of the questions asked is identical; get to know you enough to find if you’re the best …
In 2000, less than a decade after its founding, the National Family Preservation Network was facing an abrupt demise. The organization came into existence as research began to support Intensive Family Preservation Services (IFPS), commonly known as Homebuilders, the model …
The Republican-led Congress is back in session determined to earn their abysmal approval rating. The most recent Gallup Poll has it at 16 percent. Having failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with the “skinny bill,” congressional Republicans …
I first heard this old Yiddish story, which has roots in the Talmud, from Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.1 While we are in the womb, we know everything there is to know about the universe, but we forget it all at birth. …
