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Portland Mayor Statement on Federal Use of Chemical Munitions at Peaceful Protest

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson: "Our nation will never accept a federal presence where agents wield deadly force against the very people they a

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The Human Cost of Readiness: Behavioral Health After Traumatic Response - Domestic Preparedness

Emotional injury may not take responders off the job, but it changes how they connect with family, friends, and each other. Left unaddressed

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Natural disasters can cause another crisis for those recovering from opioid addiction

People recovering from opioid addiction risk relapse when they can't get their medications after natural disasters. A group of doctors is ca

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Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid

Activists say clamp down on period products to target insurgents is gender-based violence and violates rights

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The Counterterrorism Threat Blind Spot - HSToday

The counterterrorism community has increasingly recognized that extremist actors are using artificial intelligence.

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COLUMN: Emergency Management, Public Information Officers and the Role of Empathy - HSToday

In 2009 I was deployed to Pago Pago, American Samoa to respond to a devastating earthquake and tsunami. I met many survivors during some of

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‘Every child wants to find joy’: the scheme designing playground equipment for disaster zones

As one in six children worldwide is affected by war, a UK charity is providing children in refugee communities from Ukraine to Ethiopia with

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A Flock of Black Swans: Preparing for the Behavioral Consequences of a Polycrisis

Security practitioners are living in a truly dizzying operating environment, with simultaneous, overlapping crises putting their operational

Researchers have suggested that polycrises are “comprised of the synchronous or consecutive occurrence of various crises, with no intervening phases of stability.”

Sound familiar?