This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Teachers are supposed to play a critical role in shaping the development of our nation’s children and teens. Though undervalued, they always have been tasked with creating supportive learning environments…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mary Ellen O’Toole calls the teenagers who murdered 13 people at Columbine High School in 1999 by their first names — Dylan and Eric. O’Toole did not personally know Dylan…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ames, Iowa is more than 1,500 miles from Parkland, Florida, but the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School felt too close for comfort. School leaders in Ames had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Any discussion of criminal justice policy inevitably includes the word “recidivism.”Usually more than once. Recidivism is the reoccurrence of crime among people known to have committed crimes before. At all…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is perhaps not surprising that President Donald Trump and other conservative lawmakers would find a way to blame former President Barack Obama in some fashion for the Parkland school…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The proportion of women who have reported experiencing physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime ranges from 15 percent in Japan and Laos, to 68 percent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just days after a gunman walked onto campus and killed 17 people, Parkland, Florida student Emma Gonzalez took the podium in Fort Lauderdale with fervor. In a high-profile speech to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The term “provider of last resorts” has been a point of discussion in the World Health Organization’s draft 13th program of work. In efforts to illustrate what it means, Director-General Tedros…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why doesn’t the government do what the people want? After the recent deadly shooting at a Florida high school, many Americans are asking that question about the federal government’s firearms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Three years ago, the largest child abuse scandal in Pakistan’s history shattered Hussain Khanwala, Punjab, home to a poor farming community. In 2015, the Nation newspaper reported that a gang running…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In response to the Parkland school shooting last month, a handful of Florida legislators recently approved two bills that would set aside tens of millions of dollars to train teachers to carry firearms.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “The abrasive relationship between the police and the minority communities has been a major — and explosive — source of grievance, tension, and disorder.” That sentence may sound like it was written…