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A new report shows that while fewer Americans report experiencing certain mental illness symptoms, the rate of decrease in the South lags the rest of the nation. Specifically, Louisiana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky saw the least amount of change from 2020 to 2021, the report shows. [...]
When Colette Bernard left Lafayette, La., for New York City, Bernard, who uses they/her pronouns, saw it as their great escape — from the small-town, Southern lifestyle that they felt never really fit. After arriving in New York, it wasn’t long before Bernard began fighting for Southern representation when they [...]
When Charles Figley, a professor and longtime psychology and traumatology researcher at Tulane University in New Orleans, typically calls colleagues he expects to chat about project updates and other topics. The day after Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest storms on record, made landfall, he couldn't even be certain his [...]
We are nearing year three of the coronavirus pandemic, meaning some college freshmen who’ve never stepped foot on campus are going back as juniors. And many of them are returning because of federal relief money. Miles College, a historically Black university based in Birmingham, Alabama, is one of more than [...]
Holler Health Justice launched in 2018 to fund abortions in West Virginia and Appalachia. Since, its mission has expanded to include providing free emergency contraception and harm reduction services. In 2020, the organization provided $111,415 in abortion funding and other support. The group dispersed more than 6,000 units of emergency [...]
Aiko Pickering, a recent college graduate and Mobile, Ala., native, started Monthly in November 2020 to raise awareness about period poverty and provide menstrual products to people who need them. Researchers found that 64% of women were unable to afford period products in 2017, according to a study conducted in [...]
Depression alone is a $210.5 billion annual burden on the U.S. economy. For most, healing comes with a large price tag. And with unemployment hitting record highs during the pandemic, mental health resources and therapy sessions might hit the back burner. But Chelsea Goldman, a therapist in South Carolina, believes [...]
As the COVID-19 vaccination becomes more readily available to Southerners, more questions arise. We asked our Reckon followers about their plans after getting their vaccines, and the responses were varied. Southern states have received the lowest number of vaccinations so far. In Georgia, only 9.8% of residents have received their [...]
