Sexual Abuse and Disability
The erasure of victims with disabilities. By David Perry (Photo: Jobs For Felons/Flickr) Last December, Nicholas Fifield, then…
We Need Data to Re-Build Trust in Our Police Departments
Transparency will make it much easier to build better relations between officers and the communities they’re meant to…
Apple and Others Help Customers Donate to the Red Cross, and Only the Red Cross
Despite yet more evidence of trouble with the Red Cross’ disaster response — this time to floods in Louisiana — Apple, Amazon,…
Another For-Profit Education Behemoth Goes Down
Where should we go from here? By Dwyer Gunn ITT Technical Institute campus in Canton, Michigan. (Photo: Wikimedia…
Los Trabajadores Agrícolas de California Están un Paso Más Cerca de Obtener Pago de Horas Extras
A medida que un proyecto de ley se dirige a la mesa del Gobernador Jerry Brown, los trabajadores…
There’s an App for That
While much of Parkinson’s research is focused on discovering what causes the degenerative disease and finding a cure,…
How Geography Affects Low-Income Americans
Especially when it comes to the social safety net, which varies wildly from state to state. By Dwyer…
From Prosecutor to Pugilist
Rock Steady Boxing, which now has dozens of chapters in four countries, got its start in an apartment…
Our Polarized Populace
More Americans are self-identifying as extremists. But polarization may be the result of focusing on a handful of…
Fighting Back Against Parkinson’s
Individuals struggling with the mysterious, debilitating disease are finding relief in an unlikely place: the boxing gym, where…