Veteran Suicides: The Toll of Service and Search for Answers

by Melissa Hahn - USA - In the USA, Memorial Day is to honor America's war dead. In recognition of Memorial Day, The WIP is re-featuring Melissa Hahn's February article on veteran suicides. These very brave men and women should...

Posted by Melissa Hahn on February 15, 2010 12:00 AM

Paint It Black: Women in Iraq Pay for Liberation

by Miaad A. Hassan - USA - For a long time she resisted, but four years ago Amal started to wear the hijab - her bright and shining youth draped in black. She is a 25-year-old Iraqi woman, and she...

Posted by Miaad A. Hassan on December 3, 2009 12:00 AM

The Threat of Depression and Suicide Among Latino Teens

by Melissa Costa - USA / Brazil - They pruned his moments They impeded his destiny His boyish smile was hidden many times But hopes are renewing, like a new dawn each day And he shall take care of the...

Posted by Melissa Costa on November 13, 2008 12:00 AM

Violence Touches “each family living in Kashmir”

by Afsaana Rashid - Indian-administered Kashmir - Kashmir’s ongoing armed conflict over the past two decades has had physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioral consequences for everyone living in the valley. Although no official figures exist, everyone agrees there has been...

Posted by Afsana Rashid on August 29, 2008 12:00 AM

Exploring the Edge: Young Couple Brings the Rita Project and Birth Write to Los Angeles

by Sarah McGowan Features & Photo Editor, The WIP - USA - Recently relocated to Los Angeles, artists Kim Strouse and Joseph Michael Lopez are no strangers to the often aggressive nature of both “big city” life and life itself....

Posted by Sarah McGowan on September 1, 2007 3:16 PM