The conversation surrounding healthcare reform has intensified in recent years, revealing deep divides in how we view personal responsibility, government intervention and public health. One of the more recent high-profile debates involves the role of medications used to treat obesity. Within ...
When Corrina left home for college, she was the bright, pretty cheerleader and volunteer. I met her a few years later while I was researching mental illness among youth, and Corrina was in crisis. She nearly died in a hot car before being rescued and hospitalized involuntarily. She had ...
Republicans used to criticize courts for “legislating from the bench,” and Chief Justice John Roberts claimed at his confirmation hearing that courts should just call balls and strikes. Yet, the Supreme Court, in recent rulings, has not only validated an imperial presidency that the ...
Polls show the suspect in the ambush murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson may be emerging as a folk hero to college students. Half of the 1,026 college students surveyed by Generation Lab had a favorable view of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of gunning down Thompson outside ...
Everyone is familiar with “DOGE,” or the new “Department of Government Efficiency,” a commission that is being co-led by tech billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy. DOGE is charged by Donald Trump to dismantle and restructure federal ...
Healthcare is notoriously more difficult to provide for rural communities than urban ones. Rural Americans are less likely to have a healthcare provider they trust and have more difficulty reaching doctors and hospitals. Nearly two-thirds of rural communities suffer from a shortage of primary ...