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The Long-distance Job Search: Getting Past the Zip Code Filter
By Debra Berkowitz McCraw “I’m willing to move for a job but am afraid I’m being weeded out simply because my address isn’t local. What…
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
By Prevent Cancer Foundation Many people are shy when it comes to discussing prostate cancer. Viewed as a personal, private disease, prostate cancer is too often…
Talking to Your Kids About Their Diagnosis
How to tell your child they have a particular diagnosis, whether that’s Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, autism, or something else, is a question I get…
Teaching Tolerance Offers New Curriculum to Schools Nationwide
The SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance project released today a first-of-its-kind literacy curriculum, Perspectives for a Diverse America, to help teachers across the country better engage their diverse…
Celebrate Canine Partners for Life October 5th Open House & 25th Birthday Party
You’re invited to Canine Partners for Life’s (CPL) birthday party celebrating 25 years of training and placing service dogs! On October 5, 2014 from noon…
Changing the Conversation around Cancer Care
by Linda Overholser, MD, MPH Among my current activities as an academic general internist, I have the honor of working on a project in partnership…
Post navigation In a shift, Teach for America is hiring more non-whites
The growing diversity gap between teachers and students of color has been problematic for years, and school districts have struggled to find ways to attract a workforce…
Navigating the Worlds of Education and Employment with a Disability
By Maureen Marshall Having cerebral palsy (CP) definitely has its challenges and there is no denying that, but there are also so many possibilities for…
Food Allergy Tips for Parent-Teacher Organizations (PTOs) and Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs)
Today, one in 13 children has food allergies, and nearly 40 percent of these children have experienced a severe or lifethreatening reaction. Many of these…
Childhood Cancer Survivor Uses Research & Writing Experience to Advocate for Children With Cancer
Childhood cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States. Every day, 42 children are diagnosed with cancer and…
Veteran with Criminal History Gets Help from Goodwill & Now Helps Reintegrate Homeless Veterans
When I came to the Goodwill, I had just been released from prison. I had just served 9 years of a 12-year sentence, a federal…
The Shadow Economy of Lethal Injection Drug Deals
By Tanya Greene For all we know, the “pharmacy” might be a high school science class. That’s how a federal appeals court judge described Missouri’s secretive death…