On the Lummi Nation, youth suicide risk is met with crisis teams and cultural reconnection like canoe pulling. Tribes are adapting prevention models to strengthen belonging and resilience.
Mental Health & Trauma
Tribal communities are turning to culturally centered treatment — combining ceremony, traditional practices and mental health care — to address a crisis rooted in generations of historical trauma.
Mississippi has received $400 million in opioid settlements but spent little on treatment or families. Advocates urge more spending on moms, kids and recovery as overdose deaths and foster care rates soar.
Experts say autism is largely genetic and shaped by gene–environment interactions in utero, rejecting RFK Jr.’s vaccine claims and single-cause theory.
A child who speaks confidently at school can go quiet the moment they walk through their own front door. Same family. Same house. Two very different realities. When Respect Becomes Silence explores the generational communication gap inside Korean immigrant families — and what happens when that silence is finally broken.
Inside detention centers and federal buildings like Manhattan’s 26 Federal Plaza, children are separated from their parents, held in undisclosed locations, and left with emotional and physical wounds.
Fewer than a third of defendants seeking Mental Health Diversion were admitted in Butte County, California.
Overdoses have been declining nationally since August 2023, but Alaska is far behind in that progress
In Thai Town, massage students are being taught to fight back — with their voices and their bodies — as harassment fueled by sexualized stereotypes shadows their work. Advocates say the danger is compounded by immigration barriers and uneven workplace protections.
A Thai trafficking survivor’s recovery shows how stigma, language barriers and lack of Thai-speaking providers delay care, while community-based support can restore hope and stability.