Utah Makes Welfare So Hard to Get, Some Feel They Must Join the LDS Church to Get Aid by Eli Hager, photography by Kim Raff for ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Near the start of the […]
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As Climate Worsens, Environmentalists Grapple With the Mental Toll of Activism
2021-12-03 As Climate Worsens, Environmentalists Grapple With the Mental Toll of Activism Alex Smith, KCUR While growing up in the ’90s in Johnson County, Kansas, in a suburb of Kansas City, I had a friend, Kevin Aaron, who was a dedicated environmentalist. To strangers, Kevin appeared to be a laid-back punk-rock music fan […]
“They Took Us Away From Each Other”: Lost Inside America’s Shadow Foster System
“They Took Us Away From Each Other”: Lost Inside America’s Shadow Foster System by Lizzie Presser, photography by Elinor Carucci for The New York Times ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. When a staph infection killed Molly Cordell’s […]
‘I Can Go Anywhere’: How Service Dogs Help Veterans With PTSD
2021-12-01 ‘I Can Go Anywhere’: How Service Dogs Help Veterans With PTSD Stephanie O’Neill It was supper time in the Whittier, California, home of Air Force veteran Danyelle Clark-Gutierrez, and eagerly awaiting a bowl of kibble and canned dog food was Lisa, a 3-year-old yellow Labrador retriever. Her nails clicking on the kitchen floor […]
California Joins States Trying to Shorten Wait Times for Mental Health Care
2021-11-30 California Joins States Trying to Shorten Wait Times for Mental Health Care April Dembosky, KQED When Greta Christina fell into a deep depression five years ago, she called up her therapist in San Francisco. She’d had a great connection with the provider when she needed therapy in the past. She was delighted to […]
When the Eye on Older Patients Is a Camera
2021-11-26 When the Eye on Older Patients Is a Camera Sofie Kodner In the middle of a rainy Michigan night, 88-year-old Dian Wurdock walked out the front door of her son’s home in Grand Rapids, barefoot and coatless. Her destination was unknown even to herself. Wurdock was several years into a dementia diagnosis that […]
The ‘great resignation’ is a trend that began before the pandemic – and bosses need to get used to it
2021-11-13 The ‘great resignation’ is a trend that began before the pandemic – and bosses need to get used to it Employers are having a harder time recruiting new workers. AP Photo/Marta Lavandier Ian O. Williamson, University of California, Irvine Finding good employees has always been a challenge – but these days it’s harder than ever. […]
Florida Program to Aid Brain-Damaged Kids Often Told Families No. It’s Promising to Change.
2021-11-10 Florida Program to Aid Brain-Damaged Kids Often Told Families No. It’s Promising to Change. by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Republished from propublica.org under a creative commons license. […]
Madagascar: Global leaders must act urgently to save lives and protect rights threatened by climate crisis
Madagascar: Global leaders must act urgently to save lives and protect rights threatened by climate crisis One of its worst droughts in history claiming lives Amnesty calls on the international community to ramp up relief efforts World leaders must rapidly cut emissions to avert further climate-driven humanitarian crises and wealthy countries must provide substantially increased […]
Medicare Punishes 2,499 Hospitals for High Readmissions
2021-10-30 Medicare Punishes 2,499 Hospitals for High Readmissions Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News The federal government’s effort to penalize hospitals for excessive patient readmissions is ending its first decade with Medicare cutting payments to nearly half the nation’s hospitals. In its 10th annual round of penalties, Medicare is reducing its payments to 2,499 […]