A young mother sits on the floor in a motel room with her baby girl on her lap, her son milling around in the background. The mother taps the infant's fist on a toy, as the baby dazes blankly, ...

A new documentary looks at one family in Appalachian Ohio suffering from generations of poverty, trauma and addiction. They are not alone. One in eight children in the U.S. reportedly live in homes ...

Americans are often so focused on individual aspects of substance use, addiction, and recovery that we overlook ways that public policies could harness social and environmental initiatives to reduce ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Documentary filmmakers Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing discuss the underlying causes of the opioid ...

A woman leaves her husband, takes their young son and returns to the small Penobscot Indian Island Reservation in Maine. She takes up with a volatile alcoholic. And through the 12 interconnected short ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A local organization that aims to improve the lives of men experiencing homelessness, addiction and poverty is being recognized this week with a $1,200 Helping Hand from ...

Peer pressure further pushes children toward addiction. Many start using drugs simply because their friends encourage them or older teenagers influence them. Family problems such as neglect, domestic ...

Here & Now’s Scott Tong visited Kingsolver in her home in western Virginia to talk about the power of home, poverty and addiction.

Editor's note: This is Part 7 of a 10-part series, "The Last Rung," that tells the stories of people in the Quad-Cities living in the margins. Part 8 will be published on Wednesday. She is 49 years ...

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — Now I know you can 'RENT' it, but why not catch it this month in Downtown Albany? The RENT musical is now showing at Lark Hall through June 23rd. Based on an opera by Giacomo ...

Alongside addiction treatment, Mujahid reported that 10,664 beggars were identified and officially registered in major cities ...

Life and How to Live It explores the emotional and cultural scars of growing up in Kensington and the music that held a young heart together. Holesworth writes with fearless honesty and sharp humor, ...