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What does hope look like?

Georgia has a crisis on its hands. It’s the slow-growing kind: one where kids grow up with family and neighborhood violence, drop out of school and struggle as adults to support themselves and their own family. And while far too many policymakers neglect the issues that impact kids and families, organizations like CHRIS 180 are working to shift the trajectories of families dealing with the trauma of violence and poverty. Kathy Colbenson, President and CEO

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Georgia: not #1 for health (not even close)

Once again, Georgia proves to be one of the worst states in the nation for health and wellness, according to a new report called America’s Health Rankings from the United Health Foundation. Georgia, along with the rest of the South, make up the ten least healthy states in the nation. Long lives are overrated these days anyways. Not surprisingly, access to insurance is one of the factors the report recognizes for improving health outcomes across

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Marijuana’s long, slow crawl to reform in Georgia

Lost among the aftermath of this year’s election are the significant marijuana policy victories in Arkansas, North Dakota, Montana and Florida. These states took big steps to ensure their citizens have quality access to the medicinal marijuana. As we see a positive shift in opinion across the nation, some here are wondering why Georgia hasn’t joined in on the state level conversation about medical marijuana. Instead of progress, we continue to see gridlock on the issue in

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Georgia’s health care strategy: wait and see while the hot mess unfolds

Health care is going to be a hot mess come the new year. Unfortunately, women, transgender folks, people of color and rural communities are going to be the first to feel the pinch of many impending changes. And the potential “solutions” from Republicans at both a state and national level have not been promising. Republicans in Congress are antsy to gut the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) — putting at least 1 million Georgians at risk

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Rape Kit backlog revealed: 4,200 kits, 6 years of testing ahead

Less than a year after a bipartisan group pushed for increased testing of rape kits, we’re beginning to see the scope of the problem. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, or GBI, released a report earlier this month detailing their findings and the progress they’ve made testing the backlog of rape kits. There are currently more than 4,200 rape kits that need to be tested, and, at the current rate these kits are being tested, it

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Anti-science Trump pick will be a disaster for U.S. health care

Unfortunately, but not quite unsurprisingly, Trump has nominated U.S. Rep. Tom Price to oversee the health and essential human services for all Americans. However, if Georgia’s health and human services is any kind of indication of what will be coming, it will be disastrous. Price has been behind efforts to dismantle Obamacare pretty much since it’s inception and would like to replace it with a plan he calls “A Better Way.” However, in states like