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This has been a rather disturbing day with the Newtown shootings, and apparently something eerily similar happened in China earlier today. Twenty Two children were injured in China by a knife wielding man at an elementary school in Central China. CBS is reporting that none of …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer As my office and Facebook account fills up with talk of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut I can’t help but reflect on my own personal experiences with tragedy. I’ve sat three times with …
by Michelle Sicignano, LMSW, Staff Writer, Social Justice Solutions Most of us by now have heard the news reports of Rhonda Lee, the African American female meteorologist fired for responding to a viewers Facebook criticism of her hair style. These two links relate the details: Meteorologist fired after responding to viewer …
There has been growing International concern over technological advances in rocketry in North Korea. Past attempts have failed, but in the latest attempt the multi-stage rocket was able to enter space and deploy an object in orbit. North Korea is …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer In a somewhat controversial move, the Republican held Michigan House followed on the heals of the Senate and passed two “Right to Work” bills amid protests in the capital this afternoon. These legislations will allow workers at employers with …
by Michelle Sicignano, LMSW, Staff Writer, Social Justice Solutions The National Child Traumatic Stress Network is a joint project funded by SAMSHA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in an effort to gather research, promote awareness, and disseminate information on “one of …
By Georgianna Reilly SJS Staff Writer In response to recent riots and protests in Egypt President Mursi has retracted a recent decree made in November which gave him power over the juridical section of his government. But is this action too late in …
A few weeks ago I admitted skepticism about a compromise on the fiscal cliff. I cited the debt ceiling debacle as proof. It seems like American’s are getting more of the same. Democrats and Republicans are again at a stalemate over the fiscal …
Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer You don’t say. George Osborne, the Chancellor of Exchequer in the United Kingdom admitted in a recent statement that austerity just doesn’t work. The statement was discussing how the government has failed to reduce …
by Michelle Sicignano, LMSW, Staff Writer, Social Justice Solutions I cannot imagine any circumstance in which an infant age one or under would ever be prescribed an anti-anxiety medication, let alone one in the benzodiazepine family. I cannot even imagine …
