In our highly connected world, abusers use technology against victims to monitor, threaten, harass, and hurt them.
Mental Health & Trauma
The lack of consistency in screening abuse reports is concerning enough for state legislators to consider changes to North Carolina’s system.
This story was produced as a larger project by Valeria Fernandez for the 2020 National Fellowship, which focuses on how indigenous, immigrant communities and people of color have been organizing before and during the pandemic in communities of care to find support and healing....
It’s been called trading custody for care — the belief that the state can offer something the parents cannot.
Families share experiences of living through the pandemic and what help they still need.
A review of thousands of pages of inspection records, incident reports, complaints and emails shows licensors are reluctant to step in when youth facilities have faced troubling accusations of rampant child abuse.
Two WBEZ education reporters share how a family and a teacher are coping with remote learning.
Emerging research on toxic stress sheds light on entrenched disparities and points to new interventions. It’s fertile ground for powerful human stories.
Tribes are finding strength and solutions in culture and tradition amid the devastation of COVID-19.
From patient rights to resources for understanding and using health insurance for mental health care, this guide explains what you need to know.