Category Archive for 'Politics and Policy'

Forgive and Get Healthy

Luther College professor Loren Toussaint believes the simple act of forgiving just might save your life.

Healing the Broken Mind

How to fix America’s failed mental health system.

Ron Huberman has run Chicago’s 911 center, city hall, and transit agency-all before his 38th birthday. His next mission: fixing the schools.

Racism’s Hidden Toll

Does the stress of living in a white-dominated society make blacks get sick and die young? Apparently, yes.

Giving people basic facts changes their opinions on major schools issues. Is that a good thing?

Interesting gathering in Chicago last weekend about the future of news.

A RyanBlitstein.com reporting experiment on youth workers in the United States.

Nearly half of the 1 million Americans infected with HIV are black. What the head of the CDC’s prevention division has to say about it.

Katrina and Mental Health

What the response to Hurricane Katrina can teach us about mental health care after disasters.

Don’t let the restaurant industry fool you. No one looks at the nutritional information that fast-food joints paste on their walls.