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Troubled Times: Why the Effort to Remove the Stigma of Mental Illness Is Backfiring

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Are anti-stigma efforts helping or hindering a public policy will to help mentally ill Americans?

Bizarre Times: The 2016 Election Meddling “Gift” that Keeps On Giving

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Five years ago would any of us have imagined the bizarre political realities we face today?

Media Literacy: How Reporters and News Consumers can Step Up their Game

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Journalism is in the midst of a slow-motion crisis. When I was in journalism school, students learned how to write using the "inverted pyramid" approach. The inverted pyramid is a style of writing that dates back to the days when paper real estate — in a print newspaper — was limited. Editors who wished to …

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