A form of addiction treatment called SMART Recovery uses cognitive behavioral therapy and positive thinking to help people beat their drug habit.
Food and Nutrition
Like so many other American cities, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Woonsocket, Rhode Island has a growing population of unhoused residents.
Nebraska’s groundwater is becoming increasingly laced with nitrate. And small towns, cities and rural Nebraskans are getting stuck paying the tab.
Almost nobody has been moved into permanent supportive housing.
There are few staff to monitor Nebraska’s vast swaths of farmland, thousands of cattle feedlots, large hog operations and chicken farms. And the agencies’ own regulations don’t give the staff many tools to combat malpractice.
Recent studies have found that areas with elevated nitrate levels also have elevated levels of lymphoma, leukemia and brain cancers in children.
Nebraska’s nitrate problem is growing worse. It’s likely harming our kids.
Across the Inland Empire, many are feeling the pinch of inflation and can’t keep up with the rising costs of food.
Residents in a 'food desert' make long trips to get fresh produce, milk and eggs.
A single parent, the 26-year-old juggles working at a grocery store and driving for Instacart, all while taking care of her two children.