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After her son's death, a mother in the Midwest promotes mental health for environmentalists. It's part of a larger push to address the burnout and psychological stress that can affect activists.

The Pleasanton City Council will vote on Tuesday on whether to approve a pilot program aimed at reducing the number of uniformed police officers responding to mental health incidents.

Jail is too dangerous for many defendants found incompetent to stand trial because of illnesses like schizophrenia, judges say. But psychiatric hospitals are now overcrowded and violent, too.

Writer Meghan O'Rourke says long COVID-19 and other chronic illnesses put a heavy burden on patients, who have to "testify to the reality of their own illness." Her new book is The Invisible Kingdom.

The House voted to refer former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on criminal contempt of Congress charges. The Justice Department will now decide whether he could face criminal charges.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California about a new court filing from the House Jan. 6 committee.

A bipartisan mental health reform bill in Georgia was briefly sidelined after far-right Republican groups spread disinformation about its purpose, including false claims of decriminalizing pedophilia.

A coalition of anti-abortion rights groups has released a letter opposing criminalization of abortion patients.

Butler to the Word author Oliver Bullough says the UK has developed a system of bankers, lawyers, accountants and PR managers who work to help Russian kleptocrats hide their wealth.

Assembly Bill 2122, which was introduced last month, will require all community colleges and California state universities to put the number of a 24-hour mental health hotline on student identification cards.

People living with schizophrenia or other serious mental illnesses say a pet can be not just a comforting companion but a reason to stay engaged with other people — and with life.

The roughly 7 million Americans who are immunocompromised — including many people with disabilities — live with much higher risk of COVID-19, and near-constant vigilance.