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CLEVELAND, Ohio — When licensed professional counselor Tamara Ferebee meets with her Black female clients, they talk Black girl to Black girl. There’s no need to explain why a Black person might feel anxious while driving, or how microaggressions in the workplace cause low self-esteem. They know what it’s like to open your social media …

With positive COVID-19 cases topping 2,400 and counting, the physical toll the disease has caused Jefferson County residents is easy to quantify. The mental toll the pandemic is taking on people – with no apparent end in sight – is less obvious. Stay-at-home orders, the disruption to business, a decrease in recreational opportunities and worries …

By necessity, Iowans of all ages are reshaping the way they do things and becoming much more electronic-device reliant as they find new methods to perform old tasks or forge new models for doing business, getting educated, meeting people and conducting commerce in a period of societal transition that is challenging, exciting and scary. “There’s …

In a time of fear and pandemic, one Zuni farmer says lessons from his great-grandparents help him cope. Host Peter O’Dowd spoke with Zuni farmer Jim Enote about the lessons his great-grandparents taught him about the natural world. Also, we look at some of the technology that could help the U.S. safely reopen in the age of …

As college students and faculty members face an onslaught of stressors related to the disruptions in their lives caused by the coronavirus pandemic, they are relying on each other for connection and coping strategies to help ease the weight of the public health crisis on their mental health. While administrators and other employees are undoubtedly …