After they lose access to high school sports, young women -- especially young women of color -- generally get less exercise than they should, a study suggests, and far less exercise than young men get.
All over the country, people are moving to camps in the woods, climbing trees, chaining themselves to bulldozers, all in the name of stopping oil pipelines. What's going on? Why is there suddenly a dramatic conflict around pipelines? And is it really even about pipelines at all?
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Cotton was the education director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. She focused on empowering ordinary people to exercise their rights.
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Part of a parent's job is to help kids do their best, but pushing too hard can backfire. Some parents are learning to balance the focus on success with an emphasis on well-being.
Judge Alison J. Nathan has stopped the deportation of Ecuadorean immigrant Pablo Villavicencio Calderon until at least July 20. He was detained on June 1 while delivering food to a Brooklyn Army base.
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Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Sue Abderholden, director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness for Minnesota, about how Minnesotans can identify and seek help for depression — and how the media should cover suicide.
"It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague," his employer, CNN, said in a statement. The network reported that the cause of death was suicide.
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A new report says that one reason has to do with white people's perceptions that they're losing financial dominance as people of color are making gains.
In a response to the Trump administration's request to dismiss the suit, Judge Dana Sabraw ruled that the "wrenching separation" of children from parents may violate their right to due process.