The Brigham Young University psychologist Julianne Holt-Lunstad, one of the foremost scholars on loneliness in the United States, warns that the U.S. has a significant, largely unaddressed loneliness problem of its own—and that schools desperately need to follow the U.K.’s lead and incorporate preventive measures into their lessons. Indeed, according to a recent report by the health-care company Cigna, nearly half of …

Minnesota is piloting a new program that’s harnessing the “people power” of AmeriCorps to support local addiction-recovery efforts. Minnesota Recovery Corps (MRC), an offshoot of AmeriCorps, was launched in 2018. MRC volunteers (or “recovery navigators”) are deployed throughout the Twin Cities to help people who are new to addiction-recovery. Read more here.

The state Alcohol Control Board has killed plans for a bar at Eaglecrest Ski Area this winter. In a Monday afternoon vote, the five-person board voted unanimously to reject a recreational site alcohol license for The Old Tower Bar, which had been scheduled to operate during ski season. “This is a bummer. I think they’re doing the town a disservice, but I’m …

When Xenia Clegg Littler and her friends were underage, their idea of fun was shopping, walking in parks and eating ice cream, not doing shots or chugging beer. She never had a drink until she was 18, the legal age in Britain and now, at 19, she has as little interest in alcohol as ever. “I’d rather wake up in …

Last Thursday, the world watched the extremely controversial Supreme Court nomination hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. We heard many things. One of them being the climactic testimony of sexual-assault survivor, Professor Christine Blasey Ford. And no matter what side you take, it was extremely brave of the 51-year-old to stand in front of a panel of Senators and press to …