Amid Fears of Crime and Mental Illness, States Move To Expand Forced Treatment
Advocates of assisted outpatient treatment say it could reduce homelessness and mass shootings. Critics call it incarceration by another name.
America, Land of the Dying? Alarming Study Shows US Killing Its Own Population
Researchers find that the nation had become an outlier among other rich countries in mortality rates long before the pandemic – and that Americans are dying younger than their peers…
‘Self-Actualization’ in a World Full of Exploitation
By Eamon Martin / CounterPunch “The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of !…
The Kids Online Safety Act Is a Heavy-Handed Plan to Force Platforms to Spy on Young People
Data collection is a scourge for every internet user, regardless of age. The law requires platforms to ban the potentially infinite category of “other matters that pose a risk to…
Kenneth Paul Rosenberg: We’re Having the Wrong Mental Health Conversation
Two crises facing Americans—mental health and homelessness—are inextricably linked. The failure to see this has only made things worse.
Eon McLeary and Manuel Ruiz: ‘The Work’ Documentary and Mental Health in Prison
The documentary filmmaker and a former prisoner discuss the film about a group therapy program in one of the most infamous prisons in the United States.