Mental Health

Stefanie ProjectLETS

Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That

With chapters in eight universities across the country, Project LETS makes mental-health care more accessible for students in need.

Apr 23, 2018 / StudentNation / Gabriela Thorne

Facebook

Hey Facebook, I’m Quitting You—and It’s Not Just About Cambridge Analytica Hey Facebook, I’m Quitting You—and It’s Not Just About Cambridge Analytica

There’s gotta be somewhere capitalism doesn’t reach, and I draw the line at community.

Apr 16, 2018 / Kai Wright

Steven Cohen

Is This Hedge-Fund Titan Greasing the Levers for Privatizing the Veterans Health Administration? Is This Hedge-Fund Titan Greasing the Levers for Privatizing the Veterans Health Administration?

Billionaire Steven A. Cohen funds an expanding network of private clinics for veterans—and he’s personally hired five lobbyists in Washington.

Apr 11, 2018 / Jasper Craven and Suzanne Gordon

Basketball

Royce White: The Truth About the NBA and Mental Health Royce White: The Truth About the NBA and Mental Health

The former NBA player n the NBA’s mental-health policy and why it falls woefully short.

Mar 21, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Handgun Sale

Don’t Blame the Mentally Ill. Blame the Guns. Don’t Blame the Mentally Ill. Blame the Guns.

The real threat isn’t “madmen”—it’s accessibility.

Feb 23, 2018 / s.e. smith

Mental Illness College

We Need to Address the Mental-Health-Care Imbalance for Students of Color We Need to Address the Mental-Health-Care Imbalance for Students of Color

Campus mental-health care is already inaccessible and often not attuned to students’ needs—add to that systemic oppression, and feeling better seems impossible.

Feb 21, 2018 / StudentNation / Gabriela Thorne

Trump Campaign

How Should We Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain? How Should We Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain?

The drive to pathologize Trump isn’t going away, and neither, alas, is he.

Feb 13, 2018 / David M. Perry

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Who Could Have Guessed? Who Could Have Guessed?

It sure would be unfortunate if the president was mentally unfit. 

Jan 17, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Lil-Peep

Lil Peep’s Optimist Love Songs Lil Peep’s Optimist Love Songs

Gustav Åhr was emo-rap’s most visible representative and the genre’s most mainstream success, but what set his music apart was not its despair but its deep sense of hope.

Dec 15, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Oklahoma state Capitol protests

States of Neglect: Oklahoma, Iowa, and Maine Are Failing Disabled Residents States of Neglect: Oklahoma, Iowa, and Maine Are Failing Disabled Residents

Individuals with disabilities helped saved Medicaid at the federal level. Now states are abandoning them.

Nov 14, 2017 / David M. Perry

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