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Watch: New Documentary Film Explores a Lynching and a Police Killing 78 Years Apart
Cara Anthony
In 1942, a young Black man named Cleo Wright was removed from a Sikeston, Missouri, jail and lynched by a white mob.
Nearly 80 years later, another young Black man, Denzel Taylor, was shot at…
Historic Numbers of Americans Live by Themselves as They Age
Gerri Norington, 78, never wanted to be on her own as she grew old.
But her first marriage ended in divorce, and her second husband died more than 30 years ago. When a five-year relationship came to a close in 2006, she…
A Possible Downside to Limits on Teens’ Access to Social Media
In 1982, then-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop warned that video games might be hazardous to young people’s health, a statement he later walked back, acknowledging it had no basis in science.
These days, state and federal…
Tossed Medicine, Delayed Housing: How Homeless Sweeps Are Thwarting Medicaid’s Goals
SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Douglass shoved his clothes and belongings into plastic trash bags as five police officers surrounded his encampment — a drab gray tent overflowing along a bustling sidewalk in the gritty Tenderloin…
Decades of National Suicide Prevention Policies Haven’t Slowed the Deaths
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”
When Pooja Mehta’s younger brother, Raj, died by suicide at 19 in March 2020,…
Journalists Explore Breast Cancer Rates and the Medical Response to Mass Shootings
KFF Health News contributor Phillip Reese discussed the rapid rise of breast cancer rates among Asian American and Pacific Islander women on KCBS Radio on Sept. 7.
Click to hear Reese on KCBS.
Read Reese’s “Breast…
‘What Happens Three Months From Now?’ Mental Health After Georgia High School Shooting
WINDER, Ga. — About an hour after gunfire erupted at Apalachee High School, ambulances started arriving at nearby Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow with two students and two adults suffering from panic attacks and extreme…
No One Wants To Talk About Racial Trauma. Why My Family Broke Our Silence.
SIKESTON, Mo. — I wasn’t sure if visiting a cotton field was a good idea. Almost everyone in my family was antsy when we pulled up to the sea of white.
The cotton was beautiful but soggy. An autumn rain had drenched the…
The First Year of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape
ATLANTA — On a recent summer evening, Raymia Taylor wandered into a recreation center in a historical downtown neighborhood, the only enrollee to attend a nearly two-hour event for people who have signed up for Georgia’s…
Forget Repeal and Replace. The Next Big ACA Fight Will Be Over Subsidies.
Forget repeal and replace. Critics of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, have a new target: key parts of the law that they say are too costly and provide incentive for fraud.
Topping that list are the ACA’s…