In Atlanta, the clash over plans to build a police training center on a large tract of land has brought at least one death, a state of emergency, and domestic…

City settles lawsuit after hundreds of protesters were arrested, detained and subjected to excessive force in the Bronx New York City has agreed to pay millions of dollars to hundreds…

At-large D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie is re-upping a years-old effort to establish a reparations fund for Black D.C. residents. The former Ward 5 councilmember reintroduced a bill on Monday that…

In October 2020, after a summer of racial justice protests, Mayor Ted Wheeler agreed to create a truth and reconciliation commission to address the Portland Police Bureau’s historic mistreatment of…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden took executive action Tuesday that seeks to increase the number of background checks conducted during gun sales as the White House reverts to unilateral ways to tackle gun control amid bleak prospects in Congress.…

The recent tragedy surrounding Lindsay Clancy and her children underscores popular misconceptions about a grave and mysterious disorder. By Jessica Winter On August 1st, Lindsay Clancy, a labor-and-delivery nurse at Massachusetts…

Experiencing high levels of stress during pregnancy is known to place mothers and their infants at risk of mental health problems. A reportpublished today in JAMA Network Open highlights some of the impact…

Children who experience the death of a parent are known to be at an increased risk of depression and other internalizing problems later in life. A study in the Journal of the American…

While many men reported feeling less lonely as their careers progressed, the majority of women surveyed said the opposite. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has long described loneliness as…