How One Community Reformed Its Police and Cut Its Crime Rate
Community groups, activists, and local media helped turned Camden, New Jersey, into a model of police reform and crime reduction.
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Community groups, activists, and local media helped turned Camden, New Jersey, into a model of police reform and crime reduction.
Researchers are studying what contributes to youth violence and how certain communities have succeeded in making real change.
A veteran reflects on how violence that contradicts our conscience leads to severe moral anguish over time.
Moral injury is the harm that we suffer when we're asked to engage in or allow actions that seriously go against our moral values.
Today, our battles aren't just physical; enemies seek to harm us by manipulating our attitudes, behaviors, and emotions.
Happiness isn't just a product of what we do or who we are as individuals; social situations, structural forces, and public policies play a major…
Once societies become “hate-curious,” they've embarked on a path that can lead to genocide. But all of us can take action to halt this progression.
Kurt Gray believes that by shifting our thinking from right and wrong to “harm,” we can feel less outrage and understand each other better.