ARTICLE TAG

trauma

3/5/2026

Michigan Lawmakers and Boarding School Survivors Speak Out on Shelved Indian Boarding School Report

Controversy surrounding a publicly financed report in Michigan on the brutal impact of Indian boarding schools continues to grow. 

My Motivation is To Make Foster Youth's Lives Better

11/4/2025

Trauma, To Me, Is Like a Tornado

Trauma can cause you to think differently and react to things differently — and a lot of people misunderstand this, writes Aleesha German.

12/18/2024

Georgia Schools Aim To Find Out: Who’s in Foster Care and What Do They Need?

A 4-year-old law requires that schools assess children being raised in government custody, but funding for the reviews was not provided.

4/26/2023

Want to Help Foster Youth Heal? Try Guitar Lessons, Rihanna or Meek Mill

Experts who treat trauma in kids removed from homes say bringing out a child’s love of rap, pop or rock can be highly effective therapy.

2/10/2023

Trust, Talk and Teachers: Assessing Trauma Among California Youth

This summer, the California Surgeon General’s Office is set to debut a youth-trauma-informed training video for K-12 teachers.

2/2/2023

Native Montana Lawmakers Call on State to Recognize Traumatic History of Indian Boarding Schools

A state senator with firsthand experience in American Indian boarding schools has introduced a joint resolution calling on the state legislature to recognize the history of these institutions and the trauma they caused generations of Indigenous people. 

Upstream City

12/15/2022

Upstream City: Expand Healing at the Community Level to Protect Families

A healing agenda needs to end policies that perpetuate pain and expand access to a variety of practices that combat the effects of community trauma, writes Nora McCarthy.

Upstream City

10/20/2022

Upstream City: Narrowing Mandated Reporting Laws that Fuel Hyper-Surveillance

It’s time for New York city and state to use every tool available to replace mandated reporting with community support, writes Nora McCarthy.

How to Break Past Trauma of Foster Care

7/5/2022

How to Break Past Trauma

A world without foster care would not have so many children growing up with self-doubt like myself, writes Ashley Calderon.