Tag: mental health

    The LEAD Program Faces a Reckoning for Centering Police

    The murder of George Floyd and the explosion of protests against police terror led ...

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    Helen Redmond

    The Impact of Family Members’ Incarceration on Black Women’s Mental Health

    A new study shows that Black women who have experienced having a family member ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman

    Crack, Mass Incarceration and Black Trauma: Jeffrey’s Story

    Jeffrey Calhoun has been shot seven times and sent to prison three. Had he ...

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    Morgan Godvin

    Alcohol Harm Reduction: A World of Growing Possibilities

    In her early professional life, Louise liked to unwind with wine. She loved the ...

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    Gabrielle Glaser

    How I Wish My Parents Had Reacted to My Heroin Use

    My parents aren’t exactly known for being calm. In fact my mother, who has ...

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    Lauren Rodota

    British Columbia’s Troubling Bid to Detain Young People Who Overdose

    On June 23, the provincial government of British Columbia announced the first reading of ...

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    Kira London-Nadeau & Taylor Fleming

    Navigating the Baffling Systems of Care That Failed My Son

    [The following article is excerpted from two chapters of Cover My Dreams in Ink, ...

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    Jessie Dunleavy

    How We Can All Take Responsibility to Avoid Calling the Police

    Calls to defund the police are picking up national momentum from Los Angeles to ...

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    Sharda Sekaran

    Fighting Racism in a Small, Conservative Town in New Jersey

      Outrage over racism and police brutality epitomized by the murder of George Floyd ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman

    People With Mental Health Diagnoses Left Out of “Historic” NYC Decarceration

    The number of New Yorkers in the city’s infamous jail system hit what Mayor ...

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    Filter Staff