Andre Thomas: Mental Health, Criminal Justice
Collide
The Texas Tribune, Brandi Grissom | Feb. 20
Andre Thomas began exhibiting signs of mental illness as a boy and committed a brutal triple murder in 2004 that sent him to death row. His case offers a lens through which to examine the effects of a mental health system in Texas. First in a six-part series.
Raising Adam Lanza
PBS Frontline | Feb. 19
As part of a week-long PBS series on the Newtown Frontline shooting, looks for answers to the elusive question: Who was Adam Lanza?
The Debt: When Abusive Parents Come Crawling
Back
Slate, Emily Yoffe | Feb. 18
There's no formula for defining one's obligations to the parents who didn't fulfill their own.
Long Prison Terms Eyed as Contributing to Poverty
The New York Times, John Tierney | Feb. 18
The shift to tougher penal policies three decades ago was originally credited with helping poor neighborhoods by reducing crime. But now many social scientists find the costs to those communities far outweigh the social benefits.
Single Moms Can Find Little Relief From Chronic
Stress
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, David Templeton | Feb. 18
Single mothers who juggle a constant barrage of unexpected problems and conflicts face a heightened risk of chronic stress, which can lead to a multitude of health problems.
Why Do We Seldom Hear about Missing Black Children? (Opinion)
Denver Post, Sonia Ayanna Stovall | Feb. 17
The media rarely focus on African American children who have been kidnapped or have disappeared.
Finger Guns, Toy Guns and Threats: The Fallout
of Sandy Hook
The Washington Post, Donna St. George | Feb. 17
As schools take extra security steps, sensitivity about threats and intruders and guns--even pretend guns--is heightened.
Why Gender Equality Stalled (Opinion)
The New York Times, Stephanie Coontz | Feb. 16
Betty Friedan's international best seller, "The Feminine Mystique," celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. Today, the gender revolution sparked by Friedan's feminist classic has hit a wall.
Obama Promotes Preschool Education in Georgia
Visit
USA Today, Larry Copeland and David Jackson | Feb. 14, 2013
President followed up on his State of the Union call for high-quality preschool with a visit to Georgia, a state that committed to universal preschool in 1995. Some have called Obama's early education plans too expensive and ill-conceived in an era of high debt.
When A 10-Year-Old Kills His Nazi Father, Who's
to Blame?
Buzzfeed, Natasha Vargas-Cooper | Feb. 12
Child protective service investigated the family multiple times, but never concluded abuse. Still, a 10 year old boy who executed his own dad is set to become an incarcerated ward of the state, a state that repeated failed to protect him from his drug-abusing mother and her sex abusive boyfriend, his neo-Nazi father, and a home filled with guns, alcohol, violence and white supremacists.
