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Three years on, Israeli families gather to mourn the Oct. 7 attacks, all while scores of Palestinians struggle to survive the endless genocide

By Terrina Jairaj Oct 8th
Tennessee execution of lone death row woman to go ahead after it was halted at the eleventh hour, sparking a legal battle over past trauma

By Terrina Jairaj Sep 30th
Army Ranger Jason Crow is pushing to overhaul battlefield trauma care, and the Pentagon is taking notes from foreign war zones

By Terrina Jairaj Sep 25th
Fifteen States Still Keep the Wooden Paddle in the Classroom, Leaving Thousands of Students Vulnerable to What Experts Call State-Sanctioned Trauma

By Terrina Jairaj Aug 20th
Man Says He Broke His Jaw, Blew His Knees Out, and Dislocated His Shoulder, but Claims His Greatest Trauma Left No Scars

By Sanchari Ghosh Aug 14th
Woman Says She Survived a Relationship With a ‘Compulsive Liar’. Then She Reveals Their Dead Child Was Allegedly Kept in a Freezer

By Terrina Jairaj Jul 30th
Children’s Star Ms. Rachel Slams the Treatment of Families at Delaney Hall After a Visit That Revealed a Far Darker Reality Behind the Gates

By Terrina Jairaj Jun 10th
Christy Carlson Romano on ‘Quiet on Set’ Doc: ‘These Are Trauma Tourists’

By Rachel Ulatowski Apr 17th
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Beautifully Explores La’an’s Trauma

By Julia Glassman Jun 29th
‘Guardians 3’ May Have Explained the Heartbreaking Reason Rocket Always Wanted Prosthetics

By D.R. Medlen May 24th
‘Game of Thrones’ Star Maisie Williams Perfectly Explains the Effects of Childhood Trauma

By D.R. Medlen Sep 29th
‘iCarly’ Star Jennette McCurdy Discusses Her Mother’s Traumatic Behavior on ‘Red Table Talk’

By D.R. Medlen Sep 9th
As Someone With PTSD, Does Stranger Things 4’s Triggering Content Justify Itself?

By Kirsten Carey Jul 20th
Don Bluth’s Terrifying Animated Films Ranked by How Much They Traumatized Me as a Child

By Brittany Knupper Dec 31st
The Purple Man Is Back Messing With Jessica Jones’ Head in Season 2

By Kaila Hale-Stern Dec 8th
New Sesame Street Initiative Teaches Children Strategies for Coping With Trauma

By Charline Jao Oct 6th
Arrival Provides a Blueprint for Facing Trauma

By Sam Riedel Dec 3rd
The Trauma of Trump: How Oppression Hurts Our Bodies—and How Allies Can Help

By Sam Riedel Nov 21st
Am I Becoming a Monster? How Tokyo Ghoul & Contracted Demonstrate the Horror of Healing From Trauma

By Sam Riedel Oct 25th
Writing From the Id: How SyFy’s The Magicians Surpassed the Books by Depicting Realistic Trauma

By Sam Riedel Aug 29th