The Revolution Found Within
The Revolution Found Within
Fines Remain Rare Even As Health Data Breaches Multiply
Written by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, Feb. 27, 2015, 11:15 a.m. This story was co-published with NPR’s Shots blog. In a string of meetings and press releases, the federal government’s health watchdogs have delivered a stern message: They are cracking down on insurers, hospitals and doctors offices that don’t adequately protect the... Read More →
Resource Alert: Children, Homelessness & Mental Health Services
By: Sharon E. Chin The alarming increase in the sheer number of homeless children and youth within the past few years requires a closer look at the population and their needs. This raises questions like: What are the needs of homeless children? What programs are currently available to them, and ...
SCSJ’s Daryl Atkinson discusses ‘The New Jim Crow’ on HuffPost Live
SCSJ Senior Attorney Daryl Atkinson appeared on HuffPost Live at 6:30 PM EST with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and HufffPost Washington Bureau Chief Ryan Grim to discuss Michelle Alexander’s critically acclaimed book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Era of Colorblindness and the opportunities for criminal justice reform. ...
Storytelling Can Change the World
Before becoming a mental health advocate, I worked in East Africa. I had been chosen to partner with a community in rural Uganda to help an incredible family build a health clinic in their disconnected village. My job was to raise $20,000 to build the clinic, report on-the-ground ...
What We Can Learn from A Stupid Dress on the Internet
There are two types of people in this world: Those who know what the title of this article means, and those who died before last Thursday. Among that first group, there are those who say the dress is white and gold, and those who say that it is black and... Read More →
Connecticut Schools Pin Down and Restrain ‘Staggering’ Number of Kids
Written by Annie Waldman ProPublica, Feb. 12, 2015, 11:20 a.m. Connecticut public schools are far too quick to restrain or isolate unruly children against their will, leaving hundreds with injuries and many others with unmet educational needs, a state report released last week found. The report cited “significant concern” that... Read More →
North Carolina State Court Allows Photo ID Challenge to Proceed to Trial
This afternoon, Wake County Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan ruled that a challenge to North Carolina’s photo ID requirement for voting will proceed to trial in July 2015. In ruling on the respective motions for judgment on the pleadings (where no evidence is allowed to be taken into account), Judge Morgan ...
Boys in Custody and the Women Who Abuse Them
Written by Joaquin Sapien ProPublica, July 2, 2013, 12:21 p.m. The older authority figure wins the trust of the young target by cultivating a false friendship, having heart-to-heart conversations, giving gifts, offering protection. And then the sex ensues, sometimes forced, sometimes seemingly consensual. It is a classic predatory tactic known... Read More →
