Sheilah Kast

1 week ago | wypr.org | Sheilah Kast |Melissa Gerr

Think “homeless in Baltimore.” Think “healthcare”. Right away, your brain may paint a picture of the nonprofit Healthcare for the Homeless, reaching out to people on the street, without housing, connecting them to healthcare. Except that until this spring, Healthcare for the Homeless wasn’t actually delivering medical care on the street.

1 week ago | wypr.org | Sheilah Kast

Here's a Stoop Story from Luke Wesby about his journey to becoming a homeowner and what it has meant to him. The next live Stoop event happens Friday, June 20th, at 7pm at Checkerspot Brewing. In partnership with the Maryland SPCA, the theme is

1 week ago | wypr.org | Sheilah Kast |Melissa Gerr

Professionals worry there’s a mental-health crisis among young people; some say social media and excessive screen time makes it worse. We ask Dr. Ernestine Briggs-King, a licensed psychologist in charge of the Department of Family and Community Interventions at Kennedy Krieger Institute, how parents can safely curb its use and build “digital resilience.’’Links: Get Help - 988 Lifeline (resource for getting support), Parents' Ultimate Guides | Common Sense Media.

1 week ago | wypr.org | Sheilah Kast |Melissa Gerr

Picture this. You’re in middle school, dealing with all the issues that beset middle-school kids: will anyone in your new class like you? What if the cool kids are mean to you or someone you like? Will you stand up for them? What are you good at-- and what if the cool kids don’t think that’s cool? On top of that, imagine that your mother is a “momfluencer” -- an influencer with thousands of followers on social media, who can’t get enough of her take on raising a family.

2 weeks ago | wypr.org | Sheilah Kast |Melissa Gerr

An audit of a decade-and-a-half of rulings by Maryland medical examiners on the causes of deaths of people restrained while in custody found a pattern that could be racial or pro-police bias. We ask state Attorney General Anthony Brown: What now? If you want to contact the OAG regarding this issue, call 833-282-0961 or email Links: Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Office of Chief Medical Examiner audit of restraint related death investigations, Lawsuits against the Trump Administration.