Mental Health

We Need Multilingual Student Journalism

We Need Multilingual Student Journalism We Need Multilingual Student Journalism

How the news is presented should not hinder anyone from staying informed. As student journalists, we can make sure of that.

Mar 13, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg

A protester unfurls a banner outside the South Dakota Capitol

Transgender and Intersex Kids Must Have a Voice in Health Care Decisions Transgender and Intersex Kids Must Have a Voice in Health Care Decisions

Transgender kids don’t need to be saved from affirming themselves, and intersex kids should not be “repaired” without consent.

Feb 13, 2020 / Scott Nass

Stanford Campus

Students Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Groceries and Therapy Students Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Groceries and Therapy

Students at Stanford say that campus mental health care is nearly impossible to access—a problem students across the country are facing, too.

Feb 5, 2020 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona

Brown University Sayles Hall

These Students Are Bringing Transformative Justice to Their Campus These Students Are Bringing Transformative Justice to Their Campus

A first in the country and built from the ground up by students, Brown University’s Transformative Justice Program addresses harm on campus without relying on the punitive legal sy...

Jan 24, 2020 / StudentNation / Mara Dolan

High-Tech Police Weapons Do More Harm than Good

High-Tech Police Weapons Do More Harm than Good High-Tech Police Weapons Do More Harm than Good

Cops with “less lethal” weapons are not a substitute for a functioning mental health system.

Jan 9, 2020 / John Raphling

When It Comes to Veterans, Democrats Parrot the Right Wing’s Narrative

When It Comes to Veterans, Democrats Parrot the Right Wing’s Narrative When It Comes to Veterans, Democrats Parrot the Right Wing’s Narrative

The Republican playbook to undermine universal health care begins with their rhetorical attacks on the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Dec 19, 2019 / Suzanne Gordon and Jasper Craven

Protesters demonstrate

How Medicare for All Would Stop Hospitals Like Hahnemann From Closing How Medicare for All Would Stop Hospitals Like Hahnemann From Closing

Taking the profit motive out of health care would ensure that hospitals could provide excellent care to all who need it.

Jul 16, 2019 / Adam Gaffney

Baltimore row houses

Suicide Is Becoming America’s Latest Epidemic Suicide Is Becoming America’s Latest Epidemic

Suicide rates in the US have skyrocketed as both income inequality and the percent of uninsured adults continue to grow.

Jun 18, 2019 / Rajan Menon

People participate in a

In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation

They’re tired of seeing overworked counselors, and they’re tired of not being listened to—students’ mental health, they say, matters.

Apr 9, 2019 / StudentNation / Jordan Harb and Emma Rowland

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders watch as Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters after a meeting between President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats about the U.S. government partial shutdown and the president's demand for a border wall in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Who’s Going to Tell Trump? Who’s Going to Tell Trump?

Breaking: A report from inside the White House reveals infighting among advisers, consternation over Norwegian socialism, and the importance of chocolate milkshakes.

Apr 4, 2019 / Calvin Trillin

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