Thursday, August 13, 2026

Tag: mental health

What is postpartum psychosis?

Attorneys for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman on trial for strangling her three young children in 2023, argued before a jury Tuesday that Clancy should not be held criminally responsible for their deaths. The 35-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, they said, had been experiencing postpartum psychosis, a rare and dangerous medical condition that alters […]

States sue Trump administration over Medicaid work rule that could put...

A coalition of 25 states and Washington, D.C., says the federal rule creates paperwork barriers that could strip coverage from people with cancer, disabilities, mental health needs, and serious medical conditions.

Lawmakers and advocates support nationwide social media warning labels to address...

A push to advance social media warning label legislation is slated to expand in California, Minnesota, New York and Texas in 2026.

This mental health awareness month

Simple actions in the present make it more likely that such services will be launched in the future.

Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack...

This power shift hasn't just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans.

Global conflicts shatter childhoods: Record number of children living in war...

2024 marked an unprecedented crisis for children globally, with record numbers displaced, malnourished, and deprived of basic rights due to escalating conflicts.

Meet the collective offering an alternative to the ‘mental health industrial...

The Fireweed Collective offers online and in-person healing.

Albuquerque is throwing out the belongings of homeless people, violating city...

As a result, thousands of homeless people have lost personal property, according to interviews with community advocates, service providers and those who have had their possessions discarded.

Blaming mass shootings on mental illness doesn’t address either issue

Misconceptions and stigmas: the complex intersection of mental health and gun violence.

Why society is increasingly turning to community schools to address the...

The struggles of a rural school district in New Mexico illustrate how educators and parents believe they know what will work—if only they can get policy leaders to support it.

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The west front of the U.S. Capitol. The Protected Time Off Act, pending in Congress, would guarantee full-time workers two weeks of paid annual leave. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none

Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.

Truly remaking Social Security is the key to having a livable society in the...

What does a social democratic political program really mean?

In the crosshairs: The perilous reality for journalists in 2023

Examining the heightened risks faced by journalists in conflict zones, especially in the Gaza Strip, amidst global political tensions and criticism of U.S. foreign policy.

Why so many nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles?

Apocalypse will be highly likely. Artificial intelligence is not going to save us. These weapons need to be outlawed, not produced and purchased en masse.

Across Africa, water conflict threatens security, health, and the environment

The scarcity-led conflict and crisis.