The topic that I chose for my project is PTSD in survivors of school shootings. I’ve decided to focus on three shootings in the US: The University of Texas Tower shooting, Columbine, and Parkland. I find this topic interesting since this topic is fairly recent in US history. For my blog post this week, I …
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Nellie Bly and Blackwell’s Island
This article from the Washington Post brings to light the work of Nellie Bly, a journalist in the late 1800s. In 1887, Bly committed herself to the asylum on Blackwell’s Island and discovered the atrocities and mistreatment of patients there. Her investigation is one of the leading causes of the reforms that Grob talked about …
