Leana Wen, Baltimore’s new health commissioner, is trying to apply public health approaches to ameliorate the city’s deep-seated problems with poverty, violence and disease.
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Netflix’s New, Generous Parental Leave Policy Leaves Some Employees Out
Netflix made headlines this week with the announcement. But NPR has found the policy doesn’t extend to people who work at Netflix DVD distribution centers.
Americans Are On The Hook For Seafood Consumption
Nutritionists say the vast majority of Americans don’t eat the two recommended servings of seafood a week. What to do about it? Educate people on how to fit more fish in to their diet.
The U.S. Declared War On Veteran Homelessness — And It Actually Could Win
In 2009, then-Veterans Affairs head Eric Shinseki declared that all homeless veterans would have housing by 2015. New Orleans has made big strides, but in Los Angeles, the problem persists.
SEC Adopts CEO Pay Ratio Rule, Five Years After It Became Law
After the agency formally proposed the pay ratio reporting rule in 2013, it received more than 280,000 public comments that called on its commissioners to approve the rule.
‘Bespoke Water’ Video Pokes Fun At Earnest Artisanal Food Makers
To sell your artisanal products in Brooklyn these days, you need a good story. Meet the Timmy Brothers, a fictional Brooklyn pair who have “a thirst for helping people become less thirsty.”
Attack At Tennessee Movie Theater Leaves Three Injured, One Suspect Dead
A spokesman for the Metro Nashville Police said the suspect was armed with a hatchet, pepper spray and a pellet gun.
Family Of Sandra Bland Files Wrongful-Death Lawsuit
The federal lawsuit accuses the Texas state trooper who arrested Bland of depriving her of her constitutional rights. Bland was found hanging in a jail cell three days later.
Is Obamacare’s Research Institute Worth The Billions?
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is supposed to figure out which medical treatments work best. But there are sharp political and scientific disagreements over how to do that.
Play Hard, Live Free: Where Wild Play Still Rules
A California playground embraces the value of wild play.