The Perils of Misdiagnosis
Co-published with Alternet. When mental health professionals misdiagnose their patients, the treatment can be more dangerous than the original condition.
Identity Thieves Target Foster Youth
Co-published with NBC News. Child advocates say that foster youth are particularly vulnerable to identity theft because they bounce from one home to another, giving an expanding group of adults access to their private information.
Who Takes Care of the Nanny’s Kids?
Co-published with The Nation with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Photography by Alice Proujansky supported by EHRP. When only US wages can support families in the Global South, parents and children divide to survive.
Crushed by the Cost of Child Care
Co-published with The New York Times. Increasingly, even middle- and upper-class parents are finding that day care is nearly impossible to afford.
The Student Loan Debt Suicides
Co-published with Huffington Post. The national student loan crisis has reached a critical level, and the pressure of massive debt is causing current and former students to take their own lives.