“STRESS, TRAUMA, LOSS, RAGE”
What if we looked at violence in America as a public health crisis rather than a crime problem? What if we look for promising practices [...]
Read More“IT DIDN’T HAVE TO HAPPEN”
“I’m learning that milestones are a very difficult thing to get through in this first year . . . Everything has become ‘after Noah’s death,’” [...]
Read More“NUMB – SPIRITUALLY DEAD – NATION”
Ka’Nard Allen has been shot twice in his 10-year-old life. On May 12 he went with his mother to the annual Mother’s Day second line [...]
Read More“NUMB – SPIRITUALLY DEAD – NATION”
Ka’Nard Allen has been shot twice in his 10-year-old life. On May 12 he went with his mother to the annual Mother’s Day second line [...]
Read More“HOW CHILDREN TRANSFORMED AMERICA”
“Daddy,” the boy said, “I don't want to disobey you, but I have made my pledge. If you try to keep me home, I will [...]
Read More“CHILDREN NEED TO FLY TOO: END SEQUESTRATION”
Anyone despairing that Congress can’t get anything done should note last week’s swift vote to get furloughed air traffic controllers back to work. Congress can [...]
Read More“A CHILD WITHOUT DREAMS”
Every day four children in America are killed by abuse or neglect. More than 750,000 children are abused or neglected each year. Even when children [...]
Read More“WE MUST NEVER GIVE UP!”
The United States Senate’s failure to pass common sense gun safety measures -- the Manchin-Toomey Amendment to expand background checks to keep guns away from [...]
Read More“I PROMISE THIS TIME THERE WILL BE CHANGE”
I would like every parent in this country . . . I would like them to look in the mirror. And that’s not a figure [...]
Read More“RIGHT AND WRONG ANSWERS ON SCHOOL SAFETY”
Here’s a multiple-choice quiz: Which of the following should be part of a model school safety plan? a) Proven evidence-based models for school violence reduction [...]
Read More