Michigan’s community mental health system: Overcoming stigma to provide needed care
Community mental health has played an important role in shifting the culture to asking for help.
How Michigan organizations are tackling food insecurity on the local level
Fair Food Network, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, and Detroit Food Policy Council increase families' healthy choices while supporting local growers and retailers.
CRA proposed rollbacks could mean roadblocks for community development
Recently proposed rollbacks to the CRA would weaken bank obligations to invest, lend, and provide services to low and moderate-income communities. These rollbacks would be roadblocks to positive, impactful community development.
A historic win for paid parental leave, led by nurses
After watching parents return to work while their babies were still in intensive care, Pittsburgh nurses fought to secure the nation's first countywide 12-week paid parental leave policy.
People with disabilities deserve dignity, belonging, and ordinary lives, too
Muskegon, Mich., resident Jeffrey VanDyke explores grief, disability, and fighting for our humanity: “We don’t just exist. We belong.”
Voters to weigh different approaches to housing affordability in November
Voters in four states will decide housing-related ballot measures in November, providing testing grounds for different strategies to boost affordable homes.
State takeovers of struggling Texas school districts come at a high cost, with little evidence of success
Local school boards and district administrators typically determine how public schools are run. If students are not meeting basic academic standards, though, state governments sometimes step in and take over the day-to-day operations of entire school districts.
High-risk pregnancy doctors publish new standards for care under state abortion bans
A group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help providers in those states navigate legal risks for themselves and medical challenges for their high-risk patients, Stateline reports.
New arrivals in the ER? Georgia gears up to solve rural maternal health crisis
Most of Georgia’s counties are without a labor and delivery unit. To fill those gaps, the state is looking to equip emergency rooms to handle obstetric emergencies. Advocates and doctors worry, however, that the ER is being used as a stopgap.
Think small, go far: Save gas with this one fun trick!
As gas prices climb, Kalamazoo residents are exploring e-bikes and other micromobility options to save money, improve transportation efficiency, and rethink how they get around safely.
