Health Care
Health Care
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EducationNo Room, No Board
Jessica McCormick was a homeless college student. She escaped an abusive home and spent her last two years of high school living in a youth shelter. With the help of scholarships, grants, loans and part-time... Read More
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Health CareYour Epidermis Is Showing
Labor Day may have passed, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe to stash your sunblock with your beach towels. Skin cancer rates are rocketing, and sun protection is more important than ever. More than 3... Read More
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Climate ChangeProtecting Young Athletes
Cross country runner Jaci Teahon, a high school junior from Nebraska, took a month to recover. Johnny Tolbert, a 12-year-old from Georgia, wasn’t so lucky; he suffered permanent brain damage. James Wooden of Barnwell, SC,... Read More
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Health CareRemaking Federal Family Planning Policy
Milk, diapers, babysitters, sneakers, school supplies, braces — children are expensive. In 2015 it was estimated that the average family spent $233,610 raising a child from birth to age 17. When those expenses, which take... Read More
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EducationWatch Your Language
Young Americans have sex for the first time around age 17, but don’t marry until their mid-20s. It is not surprising then that 95% of Americans have sex before marriage. Which makes sex education hugely... Read More
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AddictionThe Money in Mary Jane
Hooch. Broccoli. Bud. Mary Jane. Santa Semilla. If it is not there already, legalized marijuana is coming to your neighborhood. It won’t be in a nickel bag, but rather packaged as a sparkling cherry tonic,... Read More
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NutritionFood Fight
There’s going to be a food fight in Congress this month. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, is up for renewal, and Republicans and Democrats in the House have opposing... Read More
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ConsumerLong-Term Care: You’re On Your Own
Aging baby boomers are rocking family finances and shocking the healthcare system with unanticipated long-term care expenses that leave them and our government burdened by the financial realities of elder care. Current federal proposals to... Read More
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EducationMental Health in Schools
Leave your gun in its holster. It’s time to reframe the discussion on mental health and school safety that began after the shooting of 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Leaders have been... Read More
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Gun SafetyUnmuzzle Gun Safety Research
There are approximately 33,000 firearm deaths each year and 33,000 motor vehicle accident deaths. An estimated $2 million is spent annually on federal research for studying gun violence deaths while an estimated $33 million is... Read More