In 2016, my colleagues and I wrote a paper that examined risk factors for repeat violent injury among black men in Baltimore...
Online portals have replaced classrooms. Zoom meetings have replaced hallway conversations. Indoor isolation has replaced after-school basketball practice. This is the new...
As a college student, I experienced a devastating hurricane and most of my town was flooded. I remember this experience as being...
Frejoel Munoz couldn’t stop smiling as he read the email. “It was such a great moment to know that I got into...
This time of year usually marks year-end celebrations and summer preparations for youth. But with regular traditions like prom and graduation on...
As coronavirus continues to disrupt daily life, anti-gun violence advocates worry the communities hit hardest will see spikes in shootings.
“You could say I’m an expert at being stuck at home,” said Jacob Frazier, a 17-year-old high school senior who is abiding...
First, it was just a headache. A migraine burrowing into his forehead, one that heated and cooled his body, made the room...
As states slowly start to lift the stay-at-home restrictions and businesses reopen, some people feel the end is in sight. As we...
I’ve written about a study that found that poor mothers often avoid revealing their problems or accepting much-needed help because those asking...
New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment and that certainly holds true. In the four years I had the joy...
Amid all the worrying and doubt about the coronavirus, young people with disabilities are finding ways to stay positive. Staying at home...
“We don’t know how many students are casualties of a racist system, in which they are punished for being in their bodies,...
First he lost his job as a shift manager at McDonald’s. Then the movie theater, the bowling alley, all the places he...
Theirs was supposed to be the kind of family people dream of having; a father, mother, son and daughter living in domestic...
Are boys more responsive to mentoring than girls? The findings are mixed, though recent studies seem to suggest that boys may derive...
The child welfare challenges brought about by the current COVID-19 pandemic have easily been the most disquieting for Maria Calderon, protective services...
Javier seems like a well-adjusted teenager on the surface. He’s gregarious, funny, sometimes brutally blunt and also a bit awkward. When the...
New Mexico’s already low performance in child welfare hit rock bottom on Sept. 22, 2018: Thirteen foster youth, represented by Disability Rights...
For a couple of years, homeless foster youth, runaways and other at-risk children in southern New Mexico had a handful of emergency...