BREAKING POINT
A Duke University study paints a bleak picture of gun ownership, mental illness, and suicide.
Megan Fu is an Editorial Intern at The Daily Beast and a student at Northwestern University.
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
Dr. Daniel Kalb says his practice won’t administer vaccines anymore because they “aren’t safe.”
PLAYING GOD
Medical students—and even undergrads—who volunteer abroad are often tasked with procedures they aren’t qualified to perform.
OUR BODIES, OUR CHOICE
Pregnant New Yorkers can drink booze and eat sushi thanks to new anti-discrimination legislation.
WAGE GAP
Nine Pennsylvania teachers filed a federal lawsuit alleging their female counterparts get better pay.
INCLUSIVE
The Washington state college drops its Missionary mascot, following in the footsteps of other universities across the country.
THAT’S… UNPROFESSIONAL
Sierra Norman claims her school barred her from running for class president for being female and not Mormon. That’s when the basketball coach snapped.
HELPING HAND
As Egyptian immigrant Mike Tanious bounced from one school to the next, he got little or no help from teachers. So he created a website to give others the help he wishes he’d received.
MISERLY
Richard Seech taught in the Pennsylvania schools for 34 years, but when he asked the school system to pay for his partner’s health coverage, they turned him down.