TIME Ideas, Wendy Kopp | Feb. 7
The founder and CEO of Teach for America calls for legislation to make it easier for undocumented high schoolers to get a college education.
More Male Caregivers, More Discrimination at Work
CNN Money, David Koeppel | Feb. 5
In what is still a predominantly male corporate culture, many companies are not getting the message that caretakers of both genders must be treated equally under the law, employment lawyers say.
FMLA Not Really Working For Many Employees
NPR, Jennifer Ludden | Feb. 5
Twenty years after President Bill Clinton signed the Family Medical Leave Act, a number of restrictions still force many employees to choose between their family or their job.
Why Homelessness is a Transportation Issue
The Atlantic Cities, Emily Badger | Feb. 4
The homeless often wind up living at transportation sites: rest areas, roadside rights-of-way, the underside of highway bridges, train stations or even train cars or buses. This means that transportation employees are often the first responders to homelessness.
Traditional Families - Who Also Happen to Be Gay
Slate, David Rosenberg | Feb. 4
Alix Smith's "States of Union" uses the power of photography to change people's perceptions of LGBT families.
Concerns About A.D.H.D. Practices and Amphetamine Addiction
The New York Times, Alan Schwarz | Feb. 2
Medications like Adderall can markedly improve the lives of children and others with the disorder. But a segment of doctors are fueling prescription drug abuse when they skip diagnostic procedures, renew prescriptions reflexively and fail to accurately monitor side effects.
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune, Barbara Peters Smith
| Feb. 2
Older drivers have long been considered highway dangers who need to be nudged off the road. But outreach efforts in Florida and across the nation represent a policy shift: Don't take away aging drivers' keys unless absolutely necessary.
Coping With The Loss Of A Newborn Child
WAMU (Washington, D.C.), Emily Berman | Feb. 1
First-time parents learn one of their twin boys has a terminal birth defect and experience grief, loss and letting go.
KPBS, Angela Carone | Feb. 1
Kimberly Bell, 19, wrote her play "A Broken Promise" while she was serving time in juvenile hall. It was one of the winning scripts in the California Young Playwrights Contest and will be performed on stage.
Aging Boomers with HIV Teaching Doctors to Keep Them Independent
New America Media, Carolyn Beeler | Feb. 1
As better drugs keep HIV patients alive longer, patients and health care providers must juggle treating the virus and the other chronic illnesses that come with aging.
Playing with Fire
Philadelphia Public School Notebook/NewsWorks, Benjamin Herold | February 2013
Many warn that the plan to close 37 Philadelphia schools could spark violence between students from rival neighborhoods. Community advocates worry that the school district has not put together a strategy to prevent violence.
Autism Inc.: The Discredited Science, Shady Treatments and Rising Profits Behind Alternative Autism Treatments
The Texas Observer, Alex Hannaford | Jan. 30
Texas has become a center for alternative autism treatment and the anti-vaccine crusade. At best, alternative remedies remain unapproved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, at worst they are downright dangerous.