In June, the Supreme Court heard the case, Voisine v. United States, brought by two men who lost their right to own or buy guns after being convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors in the state of Maine. SCOTUS upheld the ban that prohibits abusers convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors from owning or possessing firearms. Given the SCOTUS decision, we are rebroadcasting the Rachel Louise Snyder interview, Stragulation: a precursor for murder in partner violence

HealthCare Workforce – Media Fellow Yael Maxwell’s Wrap-up Last year, the Center for Health, Media and Policy at Hunter College received funding from the Johnsonto sponsor our first-ever Healthcare Workforce Media Fellowship. Yael Maxwell, senior associate news editor at the cardiology news website TCTMD.com was chosen as our inaugural fellow. Last September, she started work on a series delving into the intricacies and inconsistencies of team work in the cardiac Cath lab. She takes a look back on her project and the results

Prison Baby by Deborah Jiang Stein Everyone has a story. Deborah Jiang Stein‘s adoptive parents didn’t want her to know that she was born in prison to a heroin-addicted mother. Deborah Jiang Stein, author of the memoir, Prison Baby published by Beacon Press, advocate for incarcerated women and the founder of the unPrison Project was interviewed by co-host Barbara Glickstein in April 9, 2014 HealthCetera will rebroadcast Prison Baby by Deborah Jiang Stein.