By Dan Rafter | Contributor The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life throughout the United States. The virus and its fallout, though, has provided opportunities for one group of people: scammers. And a growing scam opportunity? Fake charities. Thieves have long relied on the good intentions of victims, tricking them into…
By Elizabeth Lenart | Contributor Founded in 1979, The Counseling Place, a Richardson-based 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides professional and affordable (or free) mental health services, is seeing triple the number of referrals for suicide and assault, and domestic violence has increased by 30 percent. Additionally, anxiety among children…
The global health and economic crisis has brought into sharp focus the challenges faced by women and families at the margins. Now, perhaps more than ever before, Texas Women’s Foundation sees the impact of deep systemic disparities affecting low income women and families. They were hit first and hardest by…
By Dr. Dean Beckloff | Contributor COVID-19 has brought an abrupt halt to our lives, and for some of us, our own livelihoods have been threatened too. It has been tough not to speak to those who have contracted the disease and…those who have lost their struggle to it….
By Jaxie Pidgeon | Staff Writer With the partial reopening of some businesses, you may start riding DART more often to get to work, medical appointments or shopping. To feel safe while riding our buses and trains, DART has amplified its cleaning efforts and implemented social distancing measures to decrease the spread of the coronavirus. In…
By Colin White | Contributor Special days are taking on a whole new meaning in this trying time, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to find ways to celebrate the most important people in our lives. Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and, whether you are sheltering in place…
By Alicia Wanek | Contributor It is truly a time that is “unprecedented,” a word we’ve all heard so often it will forever be associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. There is so much that feels like a broken record in our daily experience—we are tired of being stuck at…
By Elizabeth Lenart | Contributor The Counseling Place, which provides affordable professional counseling and education services on a sliding scale to all ages and income levels in North Texas, is asking for the community’s support during “North Texas Giving Tuesday Now” through May 5 at midnight. With the onset…
By Katie McCallum | Houston Methodist There are plenty of supplements and products in the grocery store that claim to help boost your immune system. But while it may sound like a no-brainer, boosting your immune system is actually much harder to accomplish than you might think — and for…