Criminal Justice

New Criminal Sentencing Efforts Aim To Reduce Prison Crowding

Homelessness

As Downtown LA Grows, So Does Urgency To Fix Skid Row

Education

Rich Kid, Poor Kid: For 30 Years, Baltimore Study Tracked Who Gets Ahead

Health Care

Obamacare's First Year: How'd It Go?

Race/Ethnicity & Employment

Job Searching While Black: What's Behind The Unemployment Gap?

Family Violence

NFL Looks To Training To Prevent Domestic Violence By Players

War & Terrorism

Obama Says U.S. Will 'Take Out' Islamic State 'Wherever They Exist'

Children & Families

When A Parent Goes To Prison, A Child Also Pays A Price

Undocumented Immigrants

From A Stream To A Flood: Migrant Kids Overwhelm U.S. Border Agents

Youth and Unemployment

The Youth Unemployment Crisis Hits African-Americans Hardest

Sexual Assault and College Students

Student Activists Keep Pressure On Campus Sexual Assault

Suicide and Gender

Suicide Rise in Middle-Aged Men, and Older Men Remain At Risk

Health Care

Is Obamacare A Success? We Might Not Know For A While

Mental Health

Seeking Mental Health Help Can Be Hard In Military Culture

Crime & Substance Abuse

Rethinking Punishment For Drug Offenders

Legal

What's Next For Divided Supreme Court?

Education

Wash. Loses 'No Child Left Behind' Waiver Over Teacher Evaluations

Crime & Criminal Justice

For Many Urban Schools, Gun Violence Remains A Daily Reality

 Trevor Watson, 14, says he hears gunshots in his Oakland neighborhood so often that "it doesn't even affect me anymore."

Alcohol & Other Drugs

Marijuana May Hurt The Developing Teen Brain

Alcohol & Other Drugs

Legal Drinking Age Of 21 Saves Lives, Even Though It's Flouted

Children & Families

Orphans' Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape A Child's Brain

Crime & Criminal Justice

Solitary Confinement Costs $78K Per Inmate And Should Be Curbed, Critics Say

The U.S. holds more prisoners in solitary confinement than any other democratic country, according to critics of the treatment. Here, an immigrant detainee makes a call from his "segregation cell" at a detention facility in Adelanto, Calif., last November.