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Coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, Critical Race Theory is the practice of interrogating race and racism in society that emerged in the legal academy and spread to other fields of scholarship.

These charts cast a fresh light on perceptions that protests against racism and police brutality have been violent.

A cartogram makes it easy to compare regional and national GDPs at a glance.

The inspirational rail worker won the Samaritans Lifesaver Award for his efforts to prevent sui

A Carson native is encouraging men to join him

In a viral thread, a Twitter user explains why it might not always be a good idea to report suicidal behavior on Twitter.

At 15, he shot and killed his parents, two classmates at his school, and wounded 25 others. He’s been used as the reason to lock kids up for life ever since.

Why do we leave millions of people in poverty? The answer should make us uncomfortable.

Even in cities known for providing transgender services, trans people report myriad barriers in getting mental health services, experts say.

COVID-19 helped reveal how racism, financial strain, and weight stigma can powerfully affect mental health.

LEXINGTON, MA—Impatiently scanning store shelves while tersely repeating requests for an inventory of clothing and other items that would be taken along, local mother Susan Vernon, 51, channeled her escalating fears regarding her daughter leaving for college later this month into a fight about storage bins, sources…

It can't supply absolute truths about the world, but it brings us steadily closer

To Christopher Rufo, a term for a school of legal scholarship looked like the perfect weapon.

Lawsuits and studies cast light on wide use of physical restraints and long confinements in Japan’s vast mental health system.

GLENDALE, PA—Expressing embarrassment and disappointment over being the son of such a loser, local 4-year-old Connor Heyward was convinced Friday that his father, Craig, was a moron after losing 45 consecutive games of hide-and-seek. “Christ, this is bad. I’ve hid behind that bush a dozen times and this dumbass still…

They condition their members to see themselves as soldiers at war with the public they are meant to serve, and above the laws they are meant to enforce.

"I just want my life back," the 39-year-old pop star said in a rare virtual court appearance.

Doctors need mental health support. Here’s why many aren’t getting it.

The US has a long history of forced sterilization campaigns that were driven by the bogus ‘science’ of eugenics, racism and sexism.

A journey to one of the darkest sides of humanity's attempts to measure the human mind and put people in boxes.

Gwen Levi is one of about 4,500 federal prisoners sent to home confinement last year.

Kaiser's practices around the new drug, brexanolone, may run afoul of a new California law designed to limit unfair denials of mental health treatment.

Verified cases of child abuse in Florida occurred at higher rates on the Saturdays after the release of report cards at public schools, according to a JAMA Pediatrics study.

As the country reopens for “Hot Vax Summer,” I’ve had to face the crippling fears I avoided for more than a year.

How the pop star’s father and a team of lawyers seized control of her life—and have held on to it for thirteen years.

A race-based assumption made in a 1999 study is still harming Black Americans.

But there are ways to encourage them to get the help they need — when they need it. Here are some tips.

The world’s psychological immune system turned out to be more robust than expected.

Just how much Covid was spreading behind closed doors last year? Quite a lot, as a new study with a simple yet creative approach found out.

The e-cigarette company bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal, with all the articles written by authors on its payroll, to ‘prove’ that its product has a public benefit.