By Melissa Wuske High School Experiences & Inequality Carla Shedd, part of Columbia University’s sociology and African-American studies departments, studied high schools in Chicago—several segregated and several more diverse—to discover how students’ school experiences shape the way they see themselves and how they view experiences of inequality. She found that black and Hispanic students in […]
By Melissa Wuske Divorce and the Church “The vast majority of churches do not have an effective marriage ministry,” said Greg Smalley, vice president of Focus on the Family. For many church members and ministers, that statement stings; but a new study conducted by LifeWay Research and sponsored by Focus on the Family, found areas […]
By Melissa Wuske Effective Suicide Prevention In the face of rising suicide rates nationwide—despite interventions like the national suicide hotline—the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit has seen dramatic success. When they began back in 2001, they had a bold goal—zero suicides—and a new approach designed to head off mental health crises rather than react […]
By Melissa Wuske The Impact of the Self-Employed Workforce Many people picture massive corporations as the driving force of employment in the United States, but according to a Pew Research study, self-employed people provide a significant share of jobs—10 percent of U.S. workers are self-employed, and they employ an additional 20 percent of the workforce; […]
By Melissa Wuske 3-D Printers Help Surgeons Mia Gonzalez, age 4, spent years of her life sick and out of breath before doctors found she had a malformed aorta. The condition required a tricky surgery in order to give her a fully functioning heart. To tackle the challenge, Dr. Redmond Burke, Mia’s surgeon and director […]
